Can't delete address register History?

[Steve]

I have way too many (dozens) of address listings pop up
when I start to type in a web site in the address bar. I
followed I.E. Help instructions:Tools,Options,Clear
History. This deletes the left vertical History links
only. I also deleted the cookies, temp files plus all off
line content.
How do I delete these files?

Steve

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Steve

I have way too many (dozens) of address listings pop up
when I start to type in a web site in the address bar. I
followed I.E. Help instructions:Tools,Options,Clear
History. This deletes the left vertical History links
only. I also deleted the cookies, temp files plus all off
line content.
How do I delete these files?

Try the following and see if it helps.

How to clear Address Bar History

See here
http://www.xmission.com/~comphope/issues/ch000511.htm

See this section: Instructions for Internet Explorer users
http://www.help2go.com/article58.html

or ............

First thing is when you "clear history", you need to close all your browser
windows that are opened. Otherwise it retains the autocomplete for web
address until you do so. Then reopen Internet Explorer and you should find
that it no longer performs the autocomplete.

To prevent it from happening, go to Tools|Internet Options and click the
Content tab. Click the button that says Autocomplete. Uncheck Web Addresses
and anything else that you don't want to use autocomplete for. You may want
to clear your "forms" and "passwords" if you feel it's necessary. Just a
word of advice, make sure you know what your passwords are before you clear
that one

Hope this helps.

Jan

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Steve - To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and
download and install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm See below for Selective Delete.

You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf

Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete


IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries will
just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.


A nice alternative just for selective or all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here: http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/ Here also,
you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".
Recommended

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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