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IE7 History Customization - 18 Nov 2006 15:08 GMT

I want to know how to limit the history list to reflect ONLY web sites
visited. How can I customize what shows up in the list. With the new IE7;
every Photo (.jpg), Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), Powerpoint (.ppt), Access
(.mdb), Publish (.pub) and/or Microsoft Product file you open is listed here.
The Microsoft application files you open are listed in IE even when IE
browser isn't open/running. All I want to see is the history of Web sites
visiited while in my IE browser.

If I can't control or customize what is listed here I'm going back to IE6.
Please let me know what options I have?

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Kai Schaetzl - 18 Nov 2006 16:06 GMT

IE7 History Customization schrieb am Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:08:02 -0800:

> I want to know how to limit the history list to reflect ONLY web sites
> visited. How can I customize what shows up in the list. With the new IE7;
> every Photo (.jpg), Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), Powerpoint (.ppt), Access
> (.mdb), Publish (.pub) and/or Microsoft Product file you open is listed here.

That's not really correct. Other files have been showing there since long as
well. I think you can disable it with an option in Tweakui.

Kai

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IE7 History Customization - 18 Nov 2006 16:37 GMT

Where can one find the Tweakui option?

> IE7 History Customization schrieb am Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:08:02 -0800:
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> Kai

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Gordon - 18 Nov 2006 16:46 GMT

> Where can one find the Tweakui option?

Google is YOUR friend.....

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM - 19 Nov 2006 07:42 GMT

> Where can one find the Tweakui option?

Tweakui for WinXP: Ver. 2.10 requires WinXP SP1 and later
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/downloads/powertoys.asp

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MAzari - 29 Jun 2007 21:02 GMT

I just noticed this, and it seems like a huge security hole! It's bad enough
that there is spyware that can steal a person's browsing history. Now
Microsoft wants to hand them my personal files too! I thought that Vista's
security team was incompetent before--now I wonder if someone over there is
purposely trying to sabotage Microsoft! This is so counter-intuitive--why
would I expect to open my Word files from Internet Explorer? What could the
advantage possibly be? Yet this is the default, and you can't even change it
in Internet options? You have to download a special tool?? Sorry about the
rant--frankly, I feel violated.

> > Where can one find the Tweakui option?
>
> Tweakui for WinXP: Ver. 2.10 requires WinXP SP1 and later
> http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/downloads/powertoys.asp

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Don Varnau - 30 Jun 2007 02:40 GMT

Original thread- Nov 18, 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general/browse_
thread/thread/50fdf4f8894cf650/b9882e6c2f7b675a?lnk=gst&q=history+list+customiza
tion&rnum=1&hl=en#b9882e6c2f7b675a

Hi,
Don't blame the Vista team- this has been happening since at least, IE4-
probably earlier. :-o

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

> I just noticed this, and it seems like a huge security hole! It's bad enough
> that there is spyware that can steal a person's browsing history. Now
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> in Internet options? You have to download a special tool?? Sorry about the
> rant--frankly, I feel violated.

> > Tweakui for WinXP: Ver. 2.10 requires WinXP SP1 and later
> > http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/downloads/powertoys.asp

> > > Where can one find the Tweakui option?

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