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If internet history has been cleared through internet options, is there any
other way to view this information?
 
Willems said:
If internet history has been cleared through internet options, is there any
other way to view this information?
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IIRC, the clearing of Internet history in IE only removes the
URL's from the address listings. The sites visited may still
be retained in the Windows Registry. Do a test...visit several
sites, note their URL's and then clear the history. Run Regedit
and do a search for the visited URL's.
 
what is "run regedit" ? Where do I find Windows Registry? I am not very
computer savvy..... :( thanks for your help.
 
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Willems said:
what is "run regedit" ? Where do I find Windows Registry? I am not very
computer savvy..... :( thanks for your help.
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Hello.The answer of your question is NO.

Panda_man
 
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Willems said:
what is "run regedit" ? Where do I find Windows Registry? I am not very
computer savvy..... :( thanks for your help.
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If you are not computer savvy,don't touch in the Registry of Windows.

Feel free to post again ! :-)

Panda_man
 
ok....but I would still like to see what history holds....is there a folder
or something that I can look at? I remember doing this once before about a
year ago, but I don't remember where it was.
 
Hi,

You were probably looking at either one of these:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\History
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

You can open Windows Explorer from the start/programs/accessories menu to
view these folders. If your system is set to hide system and hidden folders,
then you may need to simply type it into a start/run prompt (replace <user>
with your user account name) or change your folder options under tools, you
will find them on the view tab.

As to "regedit", what was being referred to is to click start/run, type
regedit and click ok. This opens the system registry editor (which is
something you need to be extremely careful with). To search as was
suggested, click edit/find and enter the string of characters you are
looking for. You can also expand the keys by clicking on the plus (+) signs
to reach a desired key. As an example, you will find a list of URL's that
were typed into the Internet Explorer address bar here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

You will see them on the right, represented by string values. Deleting the
string deletes the reference. Be cautious and do not delete anything that
you do not understand. While things like the above are moderately safe, some
sections of the registry are critical to the system and alterations or
deletions can render the system inoperable.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Start | Run | Paste the following line and click OK...

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Start | Run | Paste the following line and click OK...

%userprofile%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5

You can also view the index.dat files in...

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
%userprofile%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5
%userprofile%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHistXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXX are some digits. There is one MSHistX... file for each day of history
that you have set IE to retain. It really looks something like this
MSHist012006040320060404.

To find out the real name of the MSHistX... folder...
Start | Run | Type: %tmp% | Click OK |
Navigate to %userprofile%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5 |
Click on MSHistX... and copy the path from the Address bar in Windows
Explorer.

To view index.dat files...
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type or paste the following line...

cd %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

3. Hit your Enter key.

4. Type or paste the following line...

EDIT /75 INDEX.DAT

5. Hit your Enter key.

6. Use the Page Down key to scroll down to find meaningful looking URLs.
7. Then use Up or Down arrow keys to scroll slower.
8. To close Edit, Alt key + F for the File Menu, X key to select Exit.

Notes:
You can also use EDIT /16 index.dat or EDIT index.dat
EDIT opens the MS-DOS Editor (edit.com)
/75 = text 75 characters wide
/16 = text 16 characters wide
cd to whatever other folder to look at other index.dat files.

Repeat for...
%userprofile%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5
and
%userprofile%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHistXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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