History still doesn't work.

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I've tried deleting the History folder as suggested from an ealier post and
rebooting, a new History folder is NOT recreated. Any other options for
repairing my History?
 
Hi 777 :-)

In my last reply to your previous post, I suggested that you do a backup of
your History. Did you do this? Have you scanned with your Antivirus,
AdAware and SpyBot to be sure there is no scumware on your machine?

You have not yet mentioned what version of Windows or IE you are using, but,
if you have done the other steps above, and your History folder is still not
working, then you can do a repair of your IE.

Here are the steps for repairing IE for these Windows versions:

How do I repair Internet Explorer in Windows XP?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378/EN-US/

How To Repair Windows 2000

Windows 2000 step by step repair instructions:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/win2k/repairw2k/page1.htm

How to perform an "in place upgrade" or system repair.
http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=8356

See the information on repairing W98 here:

Quick Repairs for Windows 98
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/repair.html

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Hi Jan,

I don't recall anything about backing up my history, I want to back it up so
I can try the history eraser. Can you advise me how to back up my history
again?

Thanks,
777
 
Hi 777 :-)
Hi Jan,

I don't recall anything about backing up my history, I want to back it up
so
I can try the history eraser. Can you advise me how to back up my history
again?

Thanks,
777
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Here is my last reply to your previous post on 02/17/05:
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Hi 777 :-)

Try the following and see if it will back up your History:

Backup IE History: Free
http://www.backsettings.com/internet-explorer-backup.html

How to restore History from a History backup
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/en/30/5ada32596211d4aa83006094b92fad/content.htm
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/en/30/5ada2f596211d4aa83006094b92fad/content.htm
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If you do the above backup, then you can import the History to the new
folder when your system is again working correctly. That way you won't lose
your History if you do need to do a repair.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Just to make sure I've got this right, I've backed-up my history with the
history backup tool. So, now I need to use the history eraser tool to delete
my history, right? Then can I restore my history with the backup tool?

I'm leary about using some free programs, I've heard nightmare stories about
people having things erased or deleted that weren't supposed to be deleted.
Has anyone used both of these tools? Any testimonials on how well they work?

Thanks,
777
 
I finally decided to try the Smart Protector which is $25.00, free trial for
15 days (fully functional). It worked!! I would recommend this to anyone
having trouble with their History folder not working. The advantage of Smart
Protector paid version versus the free version is that it will create a
backup of everything before you erase everything if you wish to do a backup.

Thanks for the advice,
777
 
Hi 777
I finally decided to try the Smart Protector which is $25.00, free trial
for
15 days (fully functional). It worked!! I would recommend this to anyone
having trouble with their History folder not working. The advantage of
Smart
Protector paid version versus the free version is that it will create a
backup of everything before you erase everything if you wish to do a
backup.

Thanks for the advice,
777
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You're very welcome! Glad to hear you were able to resolve your problem.
Good job!

Thank you for posting back and letting us know what worked for you, and for
the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem. :-)

Jan :)
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