cleaning browser history

[Larry G.]

Using internet options, I thought that I could clear out
the history and everything else. Then I bought Panicware's
popup stopper professional, and pop up scanner. When I
went to the option of privacy reports, it showed 2 items
under browser history. There is an option to clean out
those items. What I am wondering is, is there anyway that
I could delete them manually without such a program.Where
are these Browser History items hiding? Search as I may, I
can not locate them. Does anyone know?

Larry
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Kelly]

Hi Larry,

Temp Files: IE/Tools/Internet Options/Delete Temporary Internet Files
Temp Files: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp & TIF
Cookies: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Cookies
History: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\History

AutoComplete:
IE/Tools/Internet Options/Content/AutoComplete/Clear AutoComplete history

Start/Search/Change Preferences/Turn AutoComplete off

Clear Form Fields in AutoComplete (Line 38)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Control the AutoComplete Mode (Line 38)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To Clear Google Toolbar History

Click on the Google logo to access the drop down menu. Choose the Clear
Search History option. This will clear all the previous searches out of the
drop down box.

Typed URL's: Start/Run/Regedit: Open your registry and find the key below
and delete any value you want to remove.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
TypedURLs

Clearing History May Not Remove Pages You Visited Today in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q323687

A small utility I created that clears certain History Lists

Clear Recent File Lists - Includes the Run Menu (Line 41)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Removes your Internet history in Internet Explorer. Clears the address list
drop-down, cached files, history and cookies. In Windows it clears the TEMP
folder and Recycle Bin, the run history, recent documents, and find files
history. It also deletes locked files ("index.dat" and files that are in
use by applications).

Clean out Usage Tracks in Windows
http://www.12ghosts.com/ghosts/wash.htm

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