Visited links not changing colour

[Guest]

Greetings all,

I'm using IE6 and XP and for some strange reason visited links have suddenly
stopped showing as visited (ie. no longer changing from light blue to dark
blue).

It's not specific to any site and it's happening on all the ones I've
recently tried.

Does anyone know what the problem could be and if so how to fix it please!?

Thanks,

Rixxy

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This usually indicates corruption in the History folder. Delete the History
folder and a new one will be created on restart.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm can usually delete
the History folder in Win XP.

Or the History folder can be deleted manually.
The procedure [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

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Cheers Don, that's solved the problem. THANKS!

Rixxy

Hi,
This usually indicates corruption in the History folder. Delete the History
folder and a new one will be created on restart.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm can usually delete
the History folder in Win XP.

Or the History folder can be deleted manually.
The procedure [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

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Greetings all,

I'm using IE6 and XP and for some strange reason visited links have suddenly
stopped showing as visited (ie. no longer changing from light blue to dark
blue).

It's not specific to any site and it's happening on all the ones I've
recently tried.

Does anyone know what the problem could be and if so how to fix it please!?

Thanks,

Rixxy

 

[Don Varnau]

You're welcome. Thanks for the update.

Don

Cheers Don, that's solved the problem. THANKS!

Hi,
This usually indicates corruption in the History folder. Delete the History
folder and a new one will be created on restart.

Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm can usually delete
the History folder in Win XP.

Or the History folder can be deleted manually.
The procedure [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

Greetings all,

I'm using IE6 and XP and for some strange reason visited links have suddenly
stopped showing as visited (ie. no longer changing from light blue to dark
blue).

It's not specific to any site and it's happening on all the ones I've
recently tried.

Does anyone know what the problem could be and if so how to fix it please!?

Thanks,