Explorer 6.0 - deleting history from the ADDRESS line ??

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MrB

when i begin typing an website name into the address line
Explorer automatically offers other addresses ive used in
the past. i know how to delete the "history" file but i
keep getting theses default address when i begin typing...

question: how do i delete those most recently used
addresses so they dont appear?

(ie -- ok, to be honest, after surfing porn sites i want
to delete these addresses before my kids use the computer)
 
I had the same problem erasing History in IE for a long
time and none of the usual suggestions helped, including
deleting the folder in DOS, accessing Internet Options
through Control Panel, purging all spyware, and crippling
any protective programs that were running.

However, I discovered that I had a separate "Internet
Options" screen available within my AOL browser that did
indeed let me clear the History cache. Apparently the
software from AOL (and maybe other ISP software as well)
can keep a "handle" on the History folder preventing other
processes from deleting its contents. This appears to be
true regardless of which browser (IE or AOL's) originally
went to the sites in the cache.

The path for deleting the history cache and other web
matters from within AOL (6.0 for example) is as follows:
Settings > Preferences > Internet Properties
From there, the screens should look somewhat familiar and
the procedure will be obvious.

Kevin
 
(Sorry, my first reply confused your problem with another
related one.)
You merely need to choose the option: "Don't Search from
the Address bar" located at Tools > Internet Options >
Advanced tab. Also you will want to disable AutoComplete
in Internet Options' Content tab.
However it is still OK to leave enabled the setting "Use
Inline AutoComplete for Web Addresses" located under the
Advanced tab (assuming you want the ability to type just
the basic name of a website in the address bar and have
the http...etc filled in automatically when you then hit
Ctrl/Enter).
 
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