Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.

Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.

What's the secret to remove them, please?

Seeing that the default harddisk is 'c', that might not be the best letter to
test with.

I tried working out your problem, and clearing the history removed the
wesbites I had been to. BUT, it did not delete files i had accessed through
windows explorer (you know, the standard application used to view your file
system).

As to remove those, I have no idea, but clearing history definately cleans
out your recently viewed sites in the drop down box.

"dev" wrote:

> Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
> previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
>
> Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
> The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
>
> What's the secret to remove them, please?
>

o yea. If your rather conscious of your privacy, you might want to set the
"Days to keep pages in history" box to 0. Hopefully windows will see this as
null, and will not log your viewed sites at all.

"Tim" wrote:

> Seeing that the default harddisk is 'c', that might not be the best letter to
> test with.
>
> I tried working out your problem, and clearing the history removed the
> wesbites I had been to. BUT, it did not delete files i had accessed through
> windows explorer (you know, the standard application used to view your file
> system).
>
> As to remove those, I have no idea, but clearing history definately cleans
> out your recently viewed sites in the drop down box.
>
> "dev" wrote:
>
> > Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
> > previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
> >
> > Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
> > The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
> >
> > What's the secret to remove them, please?
> >

/Tim/ said:

> "dev" wrote:
>
>>Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
>>previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
>>
>>Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
>>The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
>>
>>What's the secret to remove them, please?

> Seeing that the default harddisk is 'c', that might not be the best letter to
> test with.
>
> I tried working out your problem, and clearing the history removed the
> wesbites I had been to. BUT, it did not delete files I had accessed through
> windows explorer (you know, the standard application used to view your file
> system).
>
> As to remove those, I have no idea, but clearing history definitely cleans
> out your recently viewed sites in the drop down box.

Thanks. Yes, these are files from c:\, not Net locations. Privacy isn't
the issue. Curiousity is.^

Have you tried IE-Tools-Internet Options-Content-AutoComplete?

How to Use the AutoComplete Feature in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=217148

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:14:44 -0700, dev <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
>previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
>
>Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
>The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
>
>What's the secret to remove them, please?

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

dev wrote:

> /Alan Edwards/ said:

>> Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
>> previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.

>> Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
>> The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.

>> What's the secret to remove them, please?

> Have you tried IE-Tools-Internet Options-Content-AutoComplete?
>
> How to Use the AutoComplete Feature in Internet Explorer:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=217148

That sounded promising Alan, but I find no method for clearing the drop
down in I.E.

Hello dev,

The solution to your problem is simple, here it goes:

Make sure that you are in Internet Explorer
click tools
click internet options
click on the content tab
click the autocomplete button
make sure the web addresses check box is not checked
click ok

By Angel


"dev" wrote:

> Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
> previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
>
> Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
> The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
>
> What's the secret to remove them, please?
>

/new office 2003 user/ said:

> "dev" wrote:
>
>>Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
>>previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
>>
>>Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
>>The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
>>
>>What's the secret to remove them, please?

> Hello dev,
>
> The solution to your problem is simple, here it goes:
>
> Make sure that you are in Internet Explorer
> click tools
> click internet options
> click on the content tab
> click the autocomplete button
> make sure the web addresses check box is not checked
> click ok
>
> By Angel

This is good, Angel - for vanquishing them until the feature is reenabled.
Then they appear once more - leaving the the underlying question: Where
are they kept? Or how can they be deleted?

Hi dev,

I just went into the instructions that I sent you put a check mark on web
addresses and all the previous sites that I went to were not visuable. Maybe
you need to delete your internet history first, then try the suggestion that
I gave to you earlier.(taking the check mark off the web addresses check
box). If that does not work the try the links that were sent to you by
another user related to the same idea that I sent you. Those links might be
detailed, and may help you out even more.

By Angel
"dev" wrote:

> /new office 2003 user/ said:
>
> > "dev" wrote:
> >
> >>Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
> >>previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
> >>
> >>Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
> >>The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
> >>
> >>What's the secret to remove them, please?
>
> > Hello dev,
> >
> > The solution to your problem is simple, here it goes:
> >
> > Make sure that you are in Internet Explorer
> > click tools
> > click internet options
> > click on the content tab
> > click the autocomplete button
> > make sure the web addresses check box is not checked
> > click ok
> >
> > By Angel
>
> This is good, Angel - for vanquishing them until the feature is reenabled.
> Then they appear once more - leaving the the underlying question: Where
> are they kept? Or how can they be deleted?
>

/new office 2003 user/ said:

> "dev" wrote:
>
>>/new office 2003 user/ said:
>>
>> > "dev" wrote:
>>
>>>>Typing the letter "c" into I.E.'s location box produces a list of
>>>>previously typed sites that begin with that letter, as an example.
>>>>
>>>>Clearing HISTORY or TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES does not affect this list.
>>>>The names therein do not appear in the registry or MRU lists.
>>>>
>>>>What's the secret to remove them, please?
>>>
>>>The solution to your problem is simple, here it goes:
>>>
>>>Make sure that you are in Internet Explorer
>>>click tools
>>>click internet options
>>>click on the content tab
>>>click the autocomplete button
>>>make sure the web addresses check box is not checked
>>>click ok
>>
>>This is good, Angel - for vanquishing them until the feature is reenabled.
>> Then they appear once more - leaving the the underlying question: Where
>>are they kept? Or how can they be deleted?

> I just went into the instructions that I sent you put a check mark on web
> addresses and all the previous sites that I went to were not visable. Maybe
> you need to delete your internet history first, then try the suggestion that
> I gave to you earlier.(taking the check mark off the web addresses check
> box). If that does not work the try the links that were sent to you by
> another user related to the same idea that I sent you. Those links might be
> detailed, and may help you out even more.

Yup, tried it all. UNchecked the box, then deleted HISTORY. As long as
"web addresses" is not enabled the list does not display. Recheck that
option, and back the old entries come.^ A mystery.