Hi. I have a similar problem. 2 internet sites always appear in the drop down
address bar. They are easily located by searching for them in the history
window but not found anywhere else. Interestingly, they are both google sites.
Here is IE's current state: Finding the history folder was a bear (for some
reason hidden files do not routinely show up on the explore window like they
did in previous versions. It's a feature I find very frustrating.) Once the
file was located, I tried to delete it however Windows would not let me. The
error messages said another program was using the file or that it was an
essential windows file that could not be deleted. I tried to delete the file
many times in different ways like deleting it as the current user, and as
another user.)
I'm running IE6, Windows XP. I have already tried clearing everything from
the internet options field including the cookies, files, history,
autocomplete forms, autocomplete passwords, and off line content. I've also
tried manually deleting the TypedURLs in the Registry with no luck. I've run
Norton Anti-Virus and AVG on the computer and they both turn out clean.
Neither program has ever detected a virus on this computer.
Any incite on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
