Clear History not completely deleting

[e & f]

Hello

When I clear History, a couple of visited sites remain and appear when
entering a fresh new address into the address box.

Any suggestions as to why these have remained, and everything else has gone?

TIA

E

 

[DVarnau]

You probably have corruption in the History folder or it's index.dat file.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
you restart.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Regards,
Don

 

[e & f]

Helo

Thanks for your help, but it did not work.

I've since realised it's not websites which are reappearing in the address
bar, but files and programs

If I type the letter "a" up comes two AVI files programs and by broadband
connection hardware!

How do these things appear in the address window?

TIA

E

You probably have corruption in the History folder or it's index.dat file.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
you restart.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Regards,
Don
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Hello

When I clear History, a couple of visited sites remain and appear when
entering a fresh new address into the address box.

Any suggestions as to why these have remained, and everything else has gone?

TIA

E

 

[DVarnau]

Hmmmm... seems like deleting the History folder would clear these. IE6 keeps
a Computer folder in the History folder.

Are these in recent documents? Start> Documents?

Are they in the TypedURLs key in the registry?
157729 - How to Clear the History Entries in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q157729

What's the OS? Which version of Windows?

Don
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Helo

Thanks for your help, but it did not work.

I've since realised it's not websites which are reappearing in the address
bar, but files and programs

If I type the letter "a" up comes two AVI files programs and by broadband
connection hardware!

How do these things appear in the address window?

TIA

E

You probably have corruption in the History folder or it's index.dat file.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
you restart.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Regards,
Don
--
Newsgroup replies preferred, but e-mail address is...
don_04[at]varnau[dot]org
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Hello

When I clear History, a couple of visited sites remain and appear when
entering a fresh new address into the address box.

Any suggestions as to why these have remained, and everything else has gone?

TIA

E

 

[Igor]

I share your frustration. After clearing history and
deleting cookies and the temp internet files. I even went
as far as deleting the c:\document and
settings\username\local settings\temp folder. I still
see some cached web addresses in the drop down of the
address box.

Igor

 

[DVarnau]

Igor,
These may be in a TypedURLs key in the registry.
See: 157729 - How to Clear the History Entries in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q157729

Another possible solution...
Delete the History folder for your account.
See: How To Delete the Internet Explorer Temporary Internet Files:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Don