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Entries in AutoComplete - Where are they found? File? Reg Key?

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Does anyone know what file or registry key where the recent website list is (in the run commands and the recently visited websites?, entries in the autocomplete thing) I know how to get rid of them.. I just want to know where Windows keeps it.
Thanks,
Ben
 
I didn't know the answer to this offhand when I clicked reply, so let me steer you through the logic to find something like this.

First, there are really only two registry hives that you should even *think* of messing with: HKLM and HKCU. HKEY LOCAL MACHINE contains settings that are machinewide, and HKEY CURRENT USER contains user-specific settings.

In our case, each user who uses IE gets a personalized list of previously visited websites. So we know right off the bat we want to start looking in HKCU.

I have enough experience with the registry that I knew I could immediately go to Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer, but I think that with a little searching, most people would end up there.

Aha! Under that key is another key, "TypedURLs" that contains the list of typed URLs! 🙂

The acronym "MRU" is short for "most recently used" and is sprinkled throughout the registry. That can be helpful to search on as well.
 
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