Links No Longer Change Colors...

[Guest]

Hi all,
In the past 2 days, something has changed on my computer. When I click on a
link, in IE, the color of the link no longer changes color. It use to change
to a purple once I had visited the link; now it stays the regular blue. I
have tried this on a different computer, so I know that it is my system, and
not a change to the web site I am visiting. I tried to change the values in
the IE options menu, but it still does not work correctly.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

Thank you,
BJR

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This usually indicates a damaged (corrupted) History folder.

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.

To delete the History folder manually in Windows XP:
Login as another user with administrator privileges, or from the machine's
default administrator account (startup in safe mode.) Make sure that you can
see hidden and system files (Folder Options> View) then delete the affected
History folder from Windows Explorer. It will be at [C:\Documents and
Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\History] Restart the computer.

315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222

Additional information ( for Win 98/ME/2k) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Holy Smokes Don! Thanks for that info! I had the same problem and couldn't
figure a solution. I ran Norton Diagnostics and restored my system to a
point before this problem started appearing, but nothing worked.

After some searching here I read your post. I downloaded History Eraser and
that did the trick. I don't know who you are masked man, but thank you so
much!

Paul

Hi,
This usually indicates a damaged (corrupted) History folder.

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.

To delete the History folder manually in Windows XP:
Login as another user with administrator privileges, or from the machine's
default administrator account (startup in safe mode.) Make sure that you can
see hidden and system files (Folder Options> View) then delete the affected
History folder from Windows Explorer. It will be at [C:\Documents and
Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\History] Restart the computer.

315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222

Additional information ( for Win 98/ME/2k) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hi all,
In the past 2 days, something has changed on my computer. When I click on a
link, in IE, the color of the link no longer changes color. It use to change
to a purple once I had visited the link; now it stays the regular blue. I
have tried this on a different computer, so I know that it is my system, and
not a change to the web site I am visiting. I tried to change the values in
the IE options menu, but it still does not work correctly.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

Thank you,
BJR