Hi Peter
I have IE6 advanced settings set to empty temporary files on exit from
browser. It isn't doing it. Tried unchecking it, restarting and
resetting... it doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas why? I know I can
do it manually.
Just a thought, but, you might also try the following and see if it helps:
Tools>Internet Options>General>Under History: Days to keep pages in History,
set to zero (0)
Also,
Tools>Internet Options>General>Under Temporary Internet
Files>Settings>Amount of disk space to use: Set the slider for the space
allocated for your TIF's at the lowest possible point, usually to the far
left of the slider.
or.....
Clearing Autocomplete
Try the following and see it it helps.
Disable Autocomplete
Tools>Internet Options>Content tab>click Autocomplete
Uncheck all the boxes for features you don't want to use
Click Apply
Then OK
Or, if still no joy.............
How to clear Address Bar History (Search History)
See here
http://www.xmission.com/~comphope/issues/ch000511.htm
See this section: Instructions for Internet Explorer users
http://www.help2go.com/article58.html
or ............
First thing is when you "clear history", you need to close all your browser
windows that are opened. Otherwise it retains the autocomplete for web
address until you do so. Then reopen Internet Explorer and you should find
that it no longer performs the autocomplete.
To prevent it from happening, go to Tools|Internet Options and click the
Content tab. Click the button that says Autocomplete. Uncheck Web Addresses
and anything else that you don't want to use autocomplete for. You may want
to clear your "forms" and "passwords" if you feel it's necessary. Just a
word of advice, make sure you know what your passwords are before you clear
that one.
Clearing Address Suggestions in IE - Per Jim Byrd
To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and download
and install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm See below for Selective Delete.
You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf
Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete
IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this(these) .inf files.
A nice alternative just for selective or all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here:
http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/
Here also, you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".
Recommended
or...........
How to clear Address Bar History (Search)
See here
http://www.xmission.com/~comphope/issues/ch000511.htm
See this section: Instructions for Internet Explorer users
http://www.help2go.com/article58.html
Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm
Deletes the History folder (and the index.dat file). When you reboot, a new
folder is created
Delete History folder manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
In order to prevent the Autocomplete from working, close all open browser
windows or it will not take effect. Go to Tools | Internet Options | Click
the Content tab. Click the button that says Autocomplete. Uncheck Web
Addresses and all other items you don't want used with Autocomplete.
CAUTION: Be careful clearing passwords, be sure you have them backedup
Note-----Clear History for Windows XP
Courtesy of LuckyStrike:
Do a Deltree command in DOS:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
Follow the instructions to the letter. You will be left with new Index.dat
file of 32 KB, and a newly created History folder. The same will apply if
you go the distance and do a Deltree on TIF and Cookie folders. It is
unnecessary to do that if they are in good working order.
also......
Courtesy of Don Varnau -
Internet Options> Advanced> uncheck Use inline autocomplete. You may have to
delete the History folder to eliminate entries which are currently stored in
the index.dat file.
See:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
These entries are in the registry in a TypedURLs key:
157729 - How to Clear the History Entries in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q157729
It's an easy registry edit...
or
EditURLs from
http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/index.htm
or
IE Address Bar Editor will clear selected entries.:
http://www.freesoft.fsnet.co.uk/ieedit01.htm
Tip: If you type URLs in via File> Open, instead of the address bar, they
aren't saved in the TypedURLs key and you can keep a select few URLs in the
drop-down list.
or..................
Clear previous Searches
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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