This is driving me nuts.

I have a perl script for my site members to log on with. It sets a cookie with no expiration date, a very basic cookie.

I logon to my site fine. I have access as I should.

I open a new, (additional), browser window and I don't have access.

The problem is that the second browser window says there is no cookie. Why is that?

Are cookies window-specific?

If your cookie has no expiration date on it - it Deletes itself when the window it was created in closes.

So if you open a NEW window (like a popup) the cookie will not be accessible by the new window since it was not created in that window.

I suggest putting a time limit on the cookie, try 1 day. and see if that helps.

Is this additional window part of your domain? or is it of a different one?

Thanks.

Apparently, there's a big difference between opening a new window by right clicking or like a popup, and opening a new browser window with the Start Menu, the latter being a second instance of IE.

Things work fine when I right click and open a new window, but not when starting up another instance of IE.


At least, that's my theory at the moment.


And I can live with that situation.