IE 6 History

[Cory]

Is there a way of setting up IE 6 which operates on
Windows XP to never save history of sites visited?
I have the properties set to 0 days but it still has them
there.
When I go into IE6 properties and delete my history items
I find that when I reopen IE6 the history is still there
and the only way for it to clear the cache is to reboot.

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Cory

Is there a way of setting up IE 6 which operates on
Windows XP to never save history of sites visited?
I have the properties set to 0 days but it still has them
there.
When I go into IE6 properties and delete my history items
I find that when I reopen IE6 the history is still there
and the only way for it to clear the cache is to reboot.

Try the following and see if it helps:

Tools>Internet Options>General tab
In the Number of days to keep History window, set it to zero

Then on General tab > Click the Clear History tab
Click Delete Files tab
Click Delete Cookies tab
Click Apply

Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

The temporary I.E. files folder is a cache for web pages that you have
visited. I don't know why Microsoft sets the default so high, but I have
seen 2gb set for storage. This and other setting can be changed to decreace
the size of the storage area, and supposedly delete the I.E. temp file when
you close the browser.

Also, disable Autocomplete

Tools>Internet Options>Content tab>click Autocomplete
Uncheck all the boxes for features you don't want to use
Click Apply
Then OK


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

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[Guest]

It still doesnt work.

These are the steos that I have taken.

1 Clear History in Internet Properties
2 All Auto Complete Option are turned off
3 Clear all Temporary internet files.
4 Set internet properties to save History for "0" days
5 Click on Apply.
6 Open IE 6
7 Click History tab ....History still there.
8 Open History Folder For IE6 ...No History Files there
9 Close IE6
10 Open IE6
11 Click on History...History Files still there
12 Reboot Window the open IE6... History Files Gone.

I personally do not want any history files period. It
seems silly that after doing the above procedures that I
still have to reboot windows to complete the function of
clearing history.

Any comments?

 

[Cory]

As a post script to my above reply

I add the following.

After rebooting, the history is still there but will be
cleared after I clear it through IE6 propertied clear
history function.

 

[LuckyStrike]

Sometimes things don't work as they should. Re-create a new History Folder;
perhaps it's become corrupt.
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm (XP systems)
Or try installing TweakUI.
http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#tweakui

Then Paranoia tab> clear IE history at log-on.(You may also select it, and
click clear now.)
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[Jan Il]

Hi Cory

Your History Folder may be corrupted. In addition to the good suggestions
provided by LuckyStrike, you might try the following with the settings you
now have.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder and a new one will be created when you restart.

Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
See: How To Delete the Internet Explorer Temporary Internet Files:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

You might need to delete the damaged History folder- a new one will be
created on restart.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder in Windows 9x,2K, XP.


Hope this helps

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[Guest]

All of the threads I have read only confirm my original belief, which is that
there is no reason for microsoft to even place an option for deleting
temporary internet files into their IE application, because as far as I can
tell, and everything I have read, it does not work at all. The only way to
delete them is to do it manually, so they should remove this option rather
than giving people a false sense of security.

 

[Jan Il]

Hi bugsyshare

All of the threads I have read only confirm my original belief, which is that
there is no reason for microsoft to even place an option for deleting
temporary internet files into their IE application, because as far as I can
tell, and everything I have read, it does not work at all. The only way to
delete them is to do it manually, so they should remove this option rather
than giving people a false sense of security.

Well...that would depend on your OS, and if your system was not infected,
and if your Cache was not compromised in some way. The number of people who
come to the groups are those who have problems, like yourself. However,
there are far more who do not have problems, thus, the feature must work for
them.

Obviously, you have a problem that is more than what the normal method of
clearing TIF's is able to resolve. However, you do not offer any details of
your problem to the advantage of the reader to understand your statements.
I have Windows 2000, and ME, I do not have any problem deleting my TIF files
using the normal deletion process: Tools>Internet Options>click Delete files
and Delete all offline contents. I have my History set to keep no more than
one day, and the space allocation set to 0.

If you wish assistance with your problem, please post the details of the
situation in a new thread stating all the information relating to your
problem, and we will be happy to try to help you.

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[Gary Smith]

All of the threads I have read only confirm my original belief, which is that
there is no reason for microsoft to even place an option for deleting
temporary internet files into their IE application, because as far as I can
tell, and everything I have read, it does not work at all. The only way to
delete them is to do it manually, so they should remove this option rather
than giving people a false sense of security.

It always works for me. I've never has even one instance where IE 5.5 or
6 failed to delete all files from the TIF when requested to do so. If you
want the folder absolutely clean, you must first close IE and bring up
Internet Options from the Control Panel. On the General tab, click the
Delete Files Button, check the "Delete all offline content" box, then
click OK. Works every time.

I do this occasionally, when I happen to think of it or before doing a
backup. Most of the time I just let IE clear the cache when it shuts
down. That doesn't do a complete job because it won't touch anything that
IE itself didn't put in there, but it's good enough for routine use.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

All of the threads I have read only confirm my original belief, which is that
there is no reason for microsoft to even place an option for deleting
temporary internet files into their IE application, because as far as I can
tell, and everything I have read, it does not work at all. The only way to
delete them is to do it manually, so they should remove this option rather
than giving people a false sense of security.

What testing have you done to find the scope of the problem?
I can imagine (for example) that if you have OE open at
the same time that you close the last instance of IE that there
could be a conflict which would prevent IE from clearing the TIF.
Similar conflicts may occur if other applications also use the TIF.
For example, antivirus scanners are notorious for causing unexpected
symptoms. So, does it work if you first close (or kill) everything else
except the last IE window and then close the last IE window
and wait for iexplore.exe to finish processing?

You could use diagnostics such as FileMon and RegMon to find
out what does happen in such a controlled situation (assuming those
tools don't cause a conflict with the TIF <eg>).

BTW I have no experience with the option as I have no interest in
clearing my TIF that way.


Also can you explain why you are posting about this in a thread
titled IE6 History? The TIF has very little to do with the History.
About the only time you see a relation is when you look at the
History while Offline. Then you will see that only History entries
whose content is completely available from the TIF will be clickable
without causing a connection prompt.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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