Unremoveable URLs in Internet Explorer Address Bar

[Rips]

Hi

there's a pop down box on the address bar that appears and it has two
URLs that cannot be removed even when clearing the history, etc. One is
Winamp.LNK and the other is a random URL. Does anyone know how to remove
these?

Thanks

 

[Kuay Tim]

Hi Rips,

See if this helps...

How to Clear Cached Address Entries in Internet Explorer

Article ID: Q157729
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q157729



This is an Outlook Express newsgroup. More information might be found in one
for Internet Explorer.



Also of Interest



Clearing History May Not Remove Pages You Visited Today in Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323687&Product=ie600

Safe Mode may be needed.



How to use the AutoComplete feature in Internet Explorer 5 and 6

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;217148&Product=ie600




--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
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Hi

there's a pop down box on the address bar that appears and it has two
URLs that cannot be removed even when clearing the history, etc. One is
Winamp.LNK and the other is a random URL. Does anyone know how to remove
these?

Thanks

 

[Rips]

Hi Rips,

See if this helps...

How to Clear Cached Address Entries in Internet Explorer

Article ID: Q157729
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q157729



This is an Outlook Express newsgroup. More information might be found in one
for Internet Explorer.



Also of Interest



Clearing History May Not Remove Pages You Visited Today in Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323687&Product=ie600

Safe Mode may be needed.



How to use the AutoComplete feature in Internet Explorer 5 and 6

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;217148&Product=ie600

Thanks have found the problem. It's infact the Auto-Complete for Web
addresses that is coming up everytime. Do you know how to clear this?

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Tools | Internet Options | Content | AutoComplete. Make your choices there.

 

[Rips]

The problem is that the normal way to clear links from the auto-complete
is to do it from the general tab.

But this doesn't remove them.

They're not stored as typed urls in the reg keys mentioned earlier.

Booting into safe mode and clearing the history from the general tab
doesn't work either.

Any ideas?

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Kuay

This is an Outlook Express newsgroup. More information might be found in
one
for Internet Explorer.

.......but, this is the group for Internet Express..
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Click on the History Icon | Click on the links in question to highlight them
| Use the Delete button on the keypad. If they don't delete, or come back:

Try these cleaning tools. Always check for updates for each one before
running.

AdAware SE:
http://www.lavasoft.de/

SpyBot S & D:
http://beam.to/spybotsd

CWShredder:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html

HijackThis:
http://forum.mvps.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe

Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Sometimes us OE people forget where we are. <VBG>

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
These URLs you're seeing are in the index.dat file in the 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.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ should be able to clear the History
and the index.dat file. Just check the appropriate boxes and run it.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

 

[Jan Il]

"> Sometimes us OE people forget where we are. <VBG>

Heh! That's a given most any time with me!

As I looked at the name in the newsgroup listing to double check which group
I was in, I'm sure I heard a faint voice somewhere that said ...."heh...
heh...made you look!" ;o))

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.