Failure to delete History of Pages Visited

[Matt]

I've noticed that when attempting to delete the history
of pages visited via Internet Options, the list will
clear on some occasions, but not others. Is there
something obvious that I'm doing wrong?

 

[Don Varnau]

Matt,
With no IE windows open, try it from Control Panel> Internet Options>
General> Clear History.

You might need to delete the damaged History folder- a new one will be
created on restart.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder in Windows 9x,2K, XP.

Another program might be locking your history.
http://www.purgeie.com/lockhist.htm

The ActiveX filter of McAfee (and possibly other) anti-virus programs can
interfere with the history function of IE. Just disable the ActiveX filter.

Regards,
Don