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Where are the cookies are stored in the machine, And what information do we get from these cookies if we open this cookies.? Question
Cookies, Web development
Where are the cookies are stored in the machine, And what information do we get from these cookies if we open this cookies.? 
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By default the cookies are stored in:
Windows Vista: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
If you opened the cookies you would see what ever information the website which saved the information decided to save. Examples of information saved would include your username, password, demorgrphic information, when you've viewed the site, a unique id, etc.
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MrDenny is right on the nose here. Some cookies are encypted, so you likely won’t get much information unless you know how they store them– which would be very hard to know unless you wrote the web site that stored them.
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