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ie wont delete history
Name: joe Date: March 22, 2003 at 20:27:51 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: p3/128
Comment:
Hey guys this really isnt a big problem but i noticed sometimes when i want to delete my history in internet explorer (when i go to tools>options>clear history>), after i do that and hit ok i hit the history button and i still see the sites on teh left hand side of the screen, this happens sometimes, i was just wonderin why its annoying, thank you.
Name: Scott B. Date: March 22, 2003 at 20:40:38 Pacific
Reply:
How many days do you have "history" set for?
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Response Number 2
Name: nyhenri Date: March 22, 2003 at 23:20:50 Pacific
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I've been concerned with the same issue. By trial and error, I found that you can clear history using the IE tools after restarting windows. It's a real pain, but it'll do the job until I find a better solution.
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Response Number 3
Name: Daniel Marques Date: March 22, 2003 at 23:40:05 Pacific
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if you go to the internet options in the control panel, you will can close the win. explorer (what you can't do in the ie), some times, the ie don't delete all the history when its opened. so, try to clean your history in the internet options of the control panel (when you will do it, befor you cleen the history close the control panel). if it dont work, try to use some programe to do this (i use the norton system works "web quik cleen").
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Response Number 4
Name: Hallygaffer Date: March 23, 2003 at 09:13:15 Pacific
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Hi,what I did was search for History folder and once you find it make a shortcut and put it on your desktop.Then you can delete history easier.I had to turn on hidden files so I could see them because my history was a hidden file and I found it under documents and settings/my name file/ local settings .On my computer I found a couple History folders and one was for IE 5 so make sure you find the right one. Good luck.
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Response Number 5
Name: Scott B. Date: March 23, 2003 at 09:46:58 Pacific
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You can right click internet explorer icon on desktop and choose properties for the internet options when Internet Explorer is closed. I also had a problem once when I had history set to 0 days then I set it to 1 and all was well.
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