can't clear history bar in IE6

[Campe]

In IE6 I have been unable to completely clear my cached
history (in the address bar). I have used Tools/Internet
Options/General Tab/"Clear History" but it doesn't clear
everything out. Even though the history bar appears to be
blank, when I type the first letter of a URL, it pulls up
certain sites that I can't seem to get rid of. I've even
gone into the registry to see if I can find the sites
that it is "remembering," but I can't locate them. Any
thoughts on how to clear my history completely?

 

[Alan Edwards]

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

....Alan

 

[slim___shady]

try this.

After clearing your history files like you did go to the
Content tab and click AutoComplete. In the box that shows
up, uncheck Web Addresses.

slim

 

[Campe]

Yes, I cleared that too. The problem seems to be that
certain addresses, such as some of the sites in
my "Favorites" list, still pop up when I type the first
letter of them into the address bar. That happens even
though the address bar is blank when I click on the down
arrow on the right-hand side of the bar. If it were just
the "Favorites" sites that were appearing, I could
obviously try deleting them, but it's various other sites
too. I can't figure out where they are hiding.

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

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

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[Campe]

Thanks, that IS a little different than what I've tried.
I'll try it this evening (can't do it now) and see if it
fixes the problem. It's very strange b/c it's only a few
web addresses that show up, such as "webmail.aol.com,"
which I don't even use. I have no idea why.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

In IE6 I have been unable to completely clear my cached
history (in the address bar). I have used Tools/Internet
Options/General Tab/"Clear History" but it doesn't clear
everything out. Even though the history bar appears to be
blank, when I type the first letter of a URL, it pulls up
certain sites that I can't seem to get rid of. I've even
gone into the registry to see if I can find the sites
that it is "remembering," but I can't locate them. Any
thoughts on how to clear my history completely?

See http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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