T
ts-h
Is there a way to restore Temporary Internet files after
deleting them in the options menu in IE?
deleting them in the options menu in IE?
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anonymous
that's why they are called 'temp' they do not move to
recycle bin. what files are you looking for? if you
revisit the sites they will come back.
recycle bin. what files are you looking for? if you
revisit the sites they will come back.
T
ts-h
It's actually history that I'm trying to restore. I had
some history files that I don't remember the address but
wanted to keep. History was cleared. I should have
saved them in my favorites but didn't.
some history files that I don't remember the address but
wanted to keep. History was cleared. I should have
saved them in my favorites but didn't.
T
ts-h
It's actually history that I'm trying to restore. I had
some history files that I don't remember the address but
wanted to keep. History was cleared. I should have
saved them in my favorites but didn't.
some history files that I don't remember the address but
wanted to keep. History was cleared. I should have
saved them in my favorites but didn't.
R
Robert Aldwinckle
ts-h said:It's actually history that I'm trying to restore. I had
some history files that I don't remember the address but
wanted to keep. History was cleared. I should have
saved them in my favorites but didn't.
If you cleared both the TIF and History you're out of luck.
If you cleared only the History you can try making use of the
TIF viewer and sort on Internet Address
(Alt-T,O,Alt-S,V Alt-V,D Alt-V,I,I)
The History and the TIF each have their own view of your visits.
In some cases the TIF will have records of visits that the History
doesn't have and vice versa. The TIF contains the source files
so you can browse offline. The History records mainly just the URLs
you visited. You can get a rough record of your History by doing
a command line find in its index.dat.
find /i "Visited:" index.dat
A similar rough record of the URLs associated with the files in your TIF
is possible if you consider that the common protocol prefix http://
is the "eyecatcher"
find /i "http://" index.dat
I think that this should actually result in a fairly complete list though you
might also want to do alternate scans for https:// and ftp:// etc.
Depending on your OS and how you cleared your History you may also
be able to find URLs that you have actually entered in the Address bar
(not the Open dialog), by pressing F4. That dropdown list is also known
as TypedURLs and may be saved in the registry when IE is closed.
Another factor which might let you find things after the file you need
to search should have been cleared is whether a security program
(e.g. virus scanner) was active which might have interfered with the
clear operation. (Some such programs are suspected of preventing
normal clearing operations from completing successfully.)
One final possibility for finding a URL even after successful clears
of both the History and TIF would be if one of the pages you visited
contained input forms that you used and if your typing was saved by
the AutoComplete feature. You could check on this possibility by
successively typing each letter of the alphabet into the Address bar
and seeing what showed up associated with that letter in the dropdown
list. Depending on your OS that information might be accessible
also in the registry. I think that first find command I mentioned might
yield a complete list of such URLs with any OS.
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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