Access to History

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I can no longer access my history when I click on the History tab at the top
of the page. Instead I get History IE5 folder with a Dat.index file. Before I
used to see all my history . Can I change this

Thanks
 
Boogie said:
I can no longer access my history when I click on the History tab at the
top of the page. Instead I get History IE5 folder with a Dat.index file.
Before I used to see all my history . Can I change this
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Hi

In addition to what Wes posted, I'm wondering if perhaps the attributes of
the Desktop.ini file associated with your History folder has been mangled
somehow.

First, let's see if resetting the attributes will fix the issue. This may
look a little complicated, but really isn't.

1. On the Start/Run line type CMD and press Enter

2. At the prompt type this: cd C:\DOCUME~1 then press Enter. That will
take you into your Documents and Settings folder.

3. Now type this and press Enter: dir /x

4. You should see the folder for All Users and the short name ALLUSE~1; you
should also see folders for the other users on that system with the short
name for each of them. Copy down the exact (!) short name for the folder
matching your user name.

5. Next type this, inserting that short name for your user folder, and press
Enter:
cd C:\DOCUME~1\<insert name
here>\LOCALS~1\History\History.IE5

6. Now type this + Enter: attrib +S +H desktop.ini

7. Next type this: cd.. and once again type: attrib +S +H desktop.ini

Then type EXIT. Close all open instances of IE. Open one instance of IE
and check the History button now. Does it display your History now or do
you still get just the .DAT file displayed?


--

....Sky

================






copy the below and paste into Notepad. Then save to your C:\ drive as
Desktop.inx (note the "x" there instead of an "i"). right click the
History folder (by default will be located here: .:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Local Settings\History

[.ShellClassInfo]
UICLSID={7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
CLSID={FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}
 
Thanks Sky KIng

I tried that procedure but when I got to point #4 there was no short name
for my profile. I saw ALLUSE~1 ffor allusers, my profile was the line after
that but there was no short name for the folder( it was just blank
immmediately under ALLUSE~1 followed by my profile) so I couldnt complete the
procedure



Sky King said:
Boogie said:
I can no longer access my history when I click on the History tab at the
top of the page. Instead I get History IE5 folder with a Dat.index file.
Before I used to see all my history . Can I change this
Click to expand...

Hi

In addition to what Wes posted, I'm wondering if perhaps the attributes of
the Desktop.ini file associated with your History folder has been mangled
somehow.

First, let's see if resetting the attributes will fix the issue. This may
look a little complicated, but really isn't.

1. On the Start/Run line type CMD and press Enter

2. At the prompt type this: cd C:\DOCUME~1 then press Enter. That will
take you into your Documents and Settings folder.

3. Now type this and press Enter: dir /x

4. You should see the folder for All Users and the short name ALLUSE~1; you
should also see folders for the other users on that system with the short
name for each of them. Copy down the exact (!) short name for the folder
matching your user name.

5. Next type this, inserting that short name for your user folder, and press
Enter:
cd C:\DOCUME~1\<insert name
here>\LOCALS~1\History\History.IE5

6. Now type this + Enter: attrib +S +H desktop.ini

7. Next type this: cd.. and once again type: attrib +S +H desktop.ini

Then type EXIT. Close all open instances of IE. Open one instance of IE
and check the History button now. Does it display your History now or do
you still get just the .DAT file displayed?


--

....Sky

================






copy the below and paste into Notepad. Then save to your C:\ drive as
Desktop.inx (note the "x" there instead of an "i"). right click the
History folder (by default will be located here: .:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Local Settings\History

[.ShellClassInfo]
UICLSID={7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
CLSID={FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}
Click to expand...
 
Boogie said:
Thanks Sky KIng

I tried that procedure but when I got to point #4 there was no short name
for my profile. I saw ALLUSE~1 ffor allusers, my profile was the line
after that but there was no short name for the folder( it was just blank
immmediately under ALLUSE~1 followed by my profile) so I couldnt complete
the procedure
Click to expand...

If your user profile is Boogie (or something else 7-or-less characters) then
that is the short name.

You may want to try "DIR /A /X" at step #4 to see all the profiles on your
system.
 
Thanks Sky King

I managed to do that procedure, but unfortunately my History is still missing
 
Just to let you know I finally got it sorted. I opened up another profile,
logged in under that, deleted the history folder under my old profile,
rebooted and hey presto ! back to normal.

Thanks very much for your assistance

Boogie
 
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