Erasing News Groups.

[Sam]

In Windows 98, there was a sub-directory in the Windows directory called
Application Data. There was a sub-sub directory called Identities. You could
go down through a couple more sub-sub directories that had long numbers for
names. Eventually, you got to one that had a lot of small files and one big
file in it. I think the big file's ext was .Log, and the little files' .Dbx.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about?? Or could I just as well be typing
gibberish??

Just in case somebody is following this, I'll continue with my question. You
could delete all files in this bottommost directory, and erase any record of
news groups. (Usenet.) Is there any equivalent sub directory in Windows XP??

I found one directory with with a long number for a file name. It's:
C:\Documents And Settings\Default User\Application Data\Identities\(Dir.
with long number instead of name.)

But this isn't the right one. There's nothing in that directory at all.

If anybody has any idea where Windows XP hides the list of previously
visited news groups, I would appreciate the information.

Sam

 

[dev]

/Sam/ said:

In Windows 98, there was a sub-directory in the Windows directory called
Application Data. There was a sub-sub directory called Identities. You could
go down through a couple more sub-sub directories that had long numbers for
names. Eventually, you got to one that had a lot of small files and one big
file in it. I think the big file's ext was .Log, and the little files' .Dbx.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about?? Or could I just as well be typing
gibberish??

Just in case somebody is following this, I'll continue with my question. You
could delete all files in this bottommost directory, and erase any record of
news groups. (Usenet.) Is there any equivalent sub directory in Windows XP??

I found one directory with with a long number for a file name. It's:
C:\Documents And Settings\Default User\Application Data\Identities\(Dir.
with long number instead of name.)

But this isn't the right one. There's nothing in that directory at all.

If anybody has any idea where Windows XP hides the list of previously
visited news groups, I would appreciate the information.

XP's Outlook Express has an UNsubscribe option. Why not just use it? See
the HELP files in O.E. for details.