Backup - history folder

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Yvonne

Is there any way to backup the history folder in IE 7? I have things as
favourites but there have been several occasions when someone has said --
that website you went to last week .... it wasn't something I was interested
in so never bookmarked it and we weren't sure of the name of the site or
couldn't remember the content, except maybe a couple of tidbits from it.
When this started happening, I decided to keep a history of where I'd been
on the internet. I have WinXP Home.
 
Yvonne said:
Is there any way to backup the history folder in IE 7? I have things
as favourites but there have been several occasions when someone has
said -- that website you went to last week .... it wasn't something I
was interested in so never bookmarked it and we weren't sure of the
name of the site or couldn't remember the content, except maybe a
couple of tidbits from it. When this started happening, I decided to
keep a history of where I'd been on the internet. I have WinXP Home.
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It's a folder/s. Search your hard drive for history .
 
IE 5 used to have a folder called "History" with each day or week in a
subfolder something like this: "MSHist012005070420050711". In this folder
was an "index.dat" file.

Has this changed with IE 7?

I can find a folder called "History" in several places on C: drive, but
there is only a file in that folder called "index.dat" - there are no
subfolders labelled "MSHist .....".

Yvonne
 
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IE 5 used to have a folder called "History" with each day or week in a
subfolder something like this: "MSHist012005070420050711". In this
folder was an "index.dat" file.
Has this changed with IE 7?

I can find a folder called "History" in several places on C: drive,
but there is only a file in that folder called "index.dat" - there
are no subfolders labelled "MSHist .....".

Yvonne
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This is for IE6 (Should be same for 7)
Instead of backing it up, increase the time to delete history.
Internet options > Increase "Days to keep history ...."

The history folder can be opened by(It is per-user folder) :
Type this in Start > RUn
"%userprofile%\Local settings\History" (Including quotes)

Alternatively, you can view the history folder in explorer > View > Explorer
bar > History



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Thanks - the "start", "run" worked. I am backing up my computer to do a
reformat and general "refresh".

Ayush said:
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IE 5 used to have a folder called "History" with each day or week in a
subfolder something like this: "MSHist012005070420050711". In this
folder was an "index.dat" file.
Has this changed with IE 7?

I can find a folder called "History" in several places on C: drive,
but there is only a file in that folder called "index.dat" - there
are no subfolders labelled "MSHist .....".

Yvonne
Click to expand...


This is for IE6 (Should be same for 7)
Instead of backing it up, increase the time to delete history.
Internet options > Increase "Days to keep history ...."

The history folder can be opened by(It is per-user folder) :
Type this in Start > RUn
"%userprofile%\Local settings\History" (Including quotes)

Alternatively, you can view the history folder in explorer > View >
Explorer bar > History



--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix
Click to expand...
 
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