IE History problem

[Guest]

For some reason my history folder started keeping track of everything I view
on "My Computer". It used to not do this. Now in my history folder there are
all the sites I've been to and all the files I've accessed on "My Computer"
in a folder called "My Computer". If I delete the folder "My Computer", it
deletes all my history for the day. Can someone help me to get my computer
back to the way it was? Please?

I tried the history eraser and everything worked fine until a few hours
later, something happened, I have no idea what happened, other than I opened
my web editing software, this is when I noticed the problem started. My web
editing software has never done this before. Now it doesn't matter what file
I open on my computer, whether it be a website file, or .jpg file it shows up
in my internet history. How can I fix it?

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This is normal behavior. It's not related to your web editing program and I
don't think that you can stop the My Computer folder from appearing and
being populated.

You can delete all items in the History\My Computer folder without losing
other history items. If you delete the My Computer folder, it will be
recreated.

You might like this freeware program which can be configured to clear
history when the last browser window is closed:
IE Privacy Keeper from http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

So, can the items in the History/My Computer folder be safely deleted? Or is
this anything to worry about as far as internet security and someone seeing
the files I've accessed on 'My Computer"?

I like to keep my history because I use it daily to visits the sites I've
visited the day before.

Thanks for your reply!

Hi,
This is normal behavior. It's not related to your web editing program and I
don't think that you can stop the My Computer folder from appearing and
being populated.

You can delete all items in the History\My Computer folder without losing
other history items. If you delete the My Computer folder, it will be
recreated.

You might like this freeware program which can be configured to clear
history when the last browser window is closed:
IE Privacy Keeper from http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

For some reason my history folder started keeping track of everything I view
on "My Computer". It used to not do this. Now in my history folder there are
all the sites I've been to and all the files I've accessed on "My Computer"
in a folder called "My Computer". If I delete the folder "My Computer", it
deletes all my history for the day. Can someone help me to get my computer
back to the way it was? Please?

I tried the history eraser and everything worked fine until a few hours
later, something happened, I have no idea what happened, other than I opened
my web editing software, this is when I noticed the problem started. My web
editing software has never done this before. Now it doesn't matter what file
I open on my computer, whether it be a website file, or .jpg file it shows up
in my internet history. How can I fix it?

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Yes, those history items can be deleted. As to security- anyone with access
to your user account on that machine can see these and other history/mru
lists.

General security issues:
Microsoft Security at Home
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx

Wireless networks:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wireless+network+security

Don
[MS MVP- IE]