I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms" button
at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have been
unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed' numerous
times.

This does not clear the entries.

Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy and
either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested. I
have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
(by me) option.

That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear the
autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
otherwise.

Typically because this is stored in a file called index.dat & its not
'deletable' in windows. I'd suggest a program called Window Washer by
webroot to clean up. You can get the trial & give it a shot.

"tcreek1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms"
>button
> at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have
> been
> unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed'
> numerous
> times.
>
> This does not clear the entries.
>
> Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy
> and
> either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested.
> I
> have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
> (by me) option.
>
> That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear
> the
> autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
> otherwise.
>

Hi

This didn't work for me. I've had problems for several months and have
posted questions on several unrelated Newsgroups about this but none of the
proposed solutions have worked for me. I've resorted to turning
Autocomplete off!

I'll watch this thread with interest, just in case someone comes up with
something that I've not tried.

"KrazE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uIySd.17100$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Typically because this is stored in a file called index.dat & its not
> 'deletable' in windows. I'd suggest a program called Window Washer by
> webroot to clean up. You can get the trial & give it a shot.

Hi,
This isn't the history for the Google (or another) toolbar, is it?
http://www.google.com/support/toolba...py?answer=9271

Did you delete the History folder for that user?
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

You might try (freeware)
CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/
MRU-Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"tcreek1" <tcreek1[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms"
button
> at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have
been
> unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed'
numerous
> times.
>
> This does not clear the entries.
>
> Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy
and
> either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested.
I
> have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
> (by me) option.
>
> That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear
the
> autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
> otherwise.

Don,
I don't have any toolbars other than the default IE.
I am the only user.
CCleaner did not clear the AutoComplete history.

Oh well, thanks anyway.

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> This isn't the history for the Google (or another) toolbar, is it?
> http://www.google.com/support/toolba...py?answer=9271
>
> Did you delete the History folder for that user?
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
>
> You might try (freeware)
> CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/
> MRU-Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE/OE]
>
> "tcreek1" <tcreek1[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms"
> button
> > at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have
> been
> > unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed'
> numerous
> > times.
> >
> > This does not clear the entries.
> >
> > Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy
> and
> > either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested.
> I
> > have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
> > (by me) option.
> >
> > That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear
> the
> > autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
> > otherwise.
>
>

One other thing that may not have been picked up in my original post.
I am not as luck as Tosca, I can't turn the thing off. All the boxes have
been unchecked on the AutoComplete Settings page for nearly two years and it
is still doing it's autocomplete thing.

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> This isn't the history for the Google (or another) toolbar, is it?
> http://www.google.com/support/toolba...py?answer=9271
>
> Did you delete the History folder for that user?
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
>
> You might try (freeware)
> CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/
> MRU-Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE/OE]
>
> "tcreek1" <tcreek1[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms"
> button
> > at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have
> been
> > unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed'
> numerous
> > times.
> >
> > This does not clear the entries.
> >
> > Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy
> and
> > either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested.
> I
> > have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
> > (by me) option.
> >
> > That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear
> the
> > autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
> > otherwise.
>
>

"tcreek1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms" button
> at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have been
> unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed' numerous
> times.
>
> This does not clear the entries.


Give an example. Your responders so far have been giving you
instructions about AutoComplete for Web Browsing (aka AutoSuggest).
That affects the Address bar dropdown list which you can see as you
start typing in the Address bar. Is that the problem?

If the problem is information appearing in form fields that you have
previously entered, is there a dropdown list when you start typing in it?
Can you delete one of the entries? E.g. select one and press Delete?

If not it probably isn't AutoComplete but it might appear that way
if you have Cookies propagating such details. If that seems likely
and you don't want it to continue delete any Cookies associated
with that site. You may also have to delete any pages from it
which are cached in the TIF.

Etc. Give an example if you need more help.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---


>
> Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy and
> either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested. I
> have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
> (by me) option.
>
> That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear the
> autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
> otherwise.
>

Hi,
What's being filled in by Autocomplete?
URLs in the Address Bar?
URLs via File> Open?
Usernames / Passwords?
Search terms?

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"tcreek1" <tcreek1[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7C102AC3-50F2-4A80-9911-(E-Mail Removed)...
> One other thing that may not have been picked up in my original post.
> I am not as luck as Tosca, I can't turn the thing off. All the boxes have
> been unchecked on the AutoComplete Settings page for nearly two years and
it
> is still doing it's autocomplete thing.


> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > This isn't the history for the Google (or another) toolbar, is it?
> > http://www.google.com/support/toolba...py?answer=9271
> >
> > Did you delete the History folder for that user?
> > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
> >
> > You might try (freeware)
> > CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/
> > MRU-Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html

> > "tcreek1" <tcreek1[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms"
> > button
> > > at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes
have
> > been
> > > unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed'
> > numerous
> > > times.
> > >
> > > This does not clear the entries.
> > >
> > > Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a
remedy
> > and
> > > either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being
suggested.
> > I
> > > have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and
unwanted
> > > (by me) option.
> > >
> > > That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to
clear
> > the
> > > autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof
or
> > > otherwise.

Don and Robert,

The problem is information appearing in form fields that I have previously
entered and not with URLS in the address bar. AutoComplete clears the URLs.
AutoComplete does not clear my search terms as in Google and other search
engines nor does it clear my username, address, etc as at Amazon, Barnes and
Noble.

There is a dropdown list when I start typing in the field.
I can delete the entries in the drop down list by selecting each entry and
pressing delete.

Thanks for your help.


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "tcreek1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8C068A8A-94B8-450C-9465-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am very familiar with the autocomplete checkboxes and "Clear Forms" button
> > at Internet Options> Content > Autocomplete Settings as the boxes have been
> > unchecked for 2 years and the 'Clear Forms' button has been 'pushed' numerous
> > times.
> >
> > This does not clear the entries.
>
>
> Give an example. Your responders so far have been giving you
> instructions about AutoComplete for Web Browsing (aka AutoSuggest).
> That affects the Address bar dropdown list which you can see as you
> start typing in the Address bar. Is that the problem?
>
> If the problem is information appearing in form fields that you have
> previously entered, is there a dropdown list when you start typing in it?
> Can you delete one of the entries? E.g. select one and press Delete?
>
> If not it probably isn't AutoComplete but it might appear that way
> if you have Cookies propagating such details. If that seems likely
> and you don't want it to continue delete any Cookies associated
> with that site. You may also have to delete any pages from it
> which are cached in the TIF.
>
> Etc. Give an example if you need more help.
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
> >
> > Ever so often I would look through postings trying to find out a remedy and
> > either nothing has worked or else I was unsure what was being suggested. I
> > have just about decided to live with this aggravating (to me) and unwanted
> > (by me) option.
> >
> > That is, unless someone who reads this knows of a foolproof way to clear the
> > autocomplete history. I would appreciate any suggestions, foolproof or
> > otherwise.
> >
>
>
>
>

These are the keys involved, but as you will see they are encrypted.

AutoComplete, User Names and Passwords on Forms:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\SPW

AutoComplete, Web Addresses:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System
Provider\<user name or windows logon name>


--

Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
(E-Mail Removed)

"tcreek1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsC37C337-8293-43A7-AD80-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don and Robert,
>
> The problem is information appearing in form fields that I have previously
> entered and not with URLS in the address bar. AutoComplete clears the
> URLs.
> AutoComplete does not clear my search terms as in Google and other search
> engines nor does it clear my username, address, etc as at Amazon, Barnes
> and
> Noble.
>
> There is a dropdown list when I start typing in the field.
> I can delete the entries in the drop down list by selecting each entry and
> pressing delete.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>