deleted addresses?

[m y]

When I used the pull down button to the immediate right
in my address bar to access addresses that I have typed
in recently, thay had all disappeared.
What I would like to know is how I managed to delete all
those addresses that I had typed in, so that I will not
repeat the deletions again.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Mike

 

[Don Varnau]

Mike,
Did you or another user or a program that you're running clear the History?
TweakUI or another security or privacy program?

Don

 

[Guest]

Don
I have many times cleared history, but that has not
deleted these addresses before.

Mike

 

[Don Varnau]

Those entries are different- they're in a TypedURLs key in the registry.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q157729
But, whenever I clear the History from Internet Options> General, those
disappear.

I'm not sure why you get different results.

Don

 

[m y]

Don
What I will do is keep the addresses in the "link"
located on the address bar.
Thanks again for the information
Mike

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I'm not sure why you get different results.

Which OS? OP didn't say? What else was running?
At least one popular AV scanner is associated with
interfering with the operation of the History. Etc.

Also some people think that temporarily turning off AutoComplete
when you Clear History may help remove more entries. YMMV.

I suspect that many cases of the History not clearing may be due to
people trying to use IE's Tools menu and not even completely shutting
iexplore.exe down before assessing if the command worked.
There are numerous instances of displays that can best be refreshed
by restarting iexplore.exe. That's one reason why I usually suggest that
they use the Internet Options Control Panel applet while iexplore.exe
is not active instead of the equivalent commands in the IE Tools menu.


Robert