clearing location bar in IE (not just clear history)

[juanicus]

ok, i know about clearing temp files, cache, history and all that. The thing is i still get websites showing up in the location dropdown that i have not visited in like 6 months. I cant find any sort of history text file in this XP clutter and the I havent touched a registry in over 3 years. any ideas

juanicus

 

[LiLithTecH]

You can manually take them out in the Registry if you want.

Goto User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs]

If you Delete the Entire Key, no Address Bar History will be saved.

(Practice SAFE Registry:Back It Up)

 

[juanicus]

i just tried that and it only shows values for the last two sites i have been to since i last cleared the history, switchboard and anandtech. when i type in 'www.b' i get about 15 sites starting with 'b' in the drop down.

juanicus

 

[SemperFi]

Sounds like you mean auto complete to me. I don't know how to clear it though.

 

[MedicBob]

Under IE Tools, Internet options, then Content. Look in the Auto complete area, it will allow you to clear passwords and sites, along with check boxes to set what you want it to save.

 

[Lord Evermore]

You can only clear forms and passwords through the Auto Complete section of IE. There's a little message at the bottom of the screen saying that clearing the History should be done to clear the address bar.

Your History file may be corrupted so that not all the locations are being erased, or the Temporary Internet Files director may have some corrupted files which is preventing them from being erased.

Log in as another administrative user so that you'll be able to modify your own files (XP won't let you delete certain directories or files under your own login).

Locate the History folder for YOUR login name, go to the History.IE5 folder, and delete all the subfolders in it (all start with MSHist) as well as the index.dat file.

Essentially the same process is used for the Temporary Internet Files folder. The directory name there is just Content.IE5, and the subfolder names are seemingly random. Delete the index.dat file and all the subfolders, but leave the desktop.ini folder.

 

[juanicus]

it was the autocomplete, thanks a bunch guys

juanicus

 

[wnied]

Look for a program called "spider" I was having this same problem a long time ago (a year ago.) I came across a program called "Kiss of the spider" and what it does is empty out that undeletable file in your Cookies folder (index.dat) Seems Microshaft like to keep a copy of all your cookies in that file and downloads them thru I.E. or MSN(cant remember how it was explained) Anywho, download and install and see if that does the trick for you. The file isnt more than a few kbs large so you shouldnt have a problem downloading it.

Found the Program Here.

Hope this helps ya.
~wnied~

 

[mrbass]

I think spybot cleans it all out for you. I just redid my privacy page cuz of it.
mrbass.org/privacy/