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Location of firefox cookie which enables/disables google instant

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frankbob123
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Can some one please tell me where to find the firefox cookie (C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data) + name of cookie that enables and disables google instant. Running Windows XP and 7.

Can some one please tell me where to find the firefox cookie (C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data) + name of cookie that enables and disables google instant. Running Windows XP and 7.

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cor-el
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Firefox doesn't store the cookies as separate files in the Local Settings\Application Data folder, but stores all cookies in a SQLite database file called cookies.sqlite.

See:

frankbob123
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Thank you cor-el for the reply. When I make changes to Google settings by turning off "Google Instant" it doesn't update the file you indicated (cookies.sqlite)? Is there something else?

XP Location: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ell38x6s.default\cookies.sqlite

In fact no files in this directory get updated.

Modified by frankbob123