How do you turn off or erase

[Mars]

When using Internet Explorer and I type in letters to an
URL, IE will try to "guess" what I am typing based on
previous urls that I've typed in. How do I get IE to
stop this and stop saving my past urls. I've gone
into "Internet Options" to erase the history but that
doesn't work.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Mars - To stop this functionality, In IE6 Tools|Internet Options|Content
click on AutoComplete then set the options as you desire them. To remove
the oldURLs:

To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and download and
install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm See below for Selective Delete.

You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf

Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete


IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries will
just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.


A nice alternative just for selective or all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here: http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/ Here also,
you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".
Recommended




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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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