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Can't clear the History

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Vicki - 10 Aug 2003 21:29 GMT
When I go to the options button, and go to clear history,
it appears at first glance that this has been
accomplished.  But when I go back later to see if in fact
it really was deleted...I find all my web sites still
there as visited...What could be causing this problem and
how can I fix it?  I have it set to "0" history, but of
course, it saves that day.  I want to be able to clear the
history...is there another way to go about this...what am
I doing wrong?  Thanks.
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP - 11 Aug 2003 03:53 GMT
> When I go to the options button, and go to clear history,
> it appears at first glance that this has been
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> history...is there another way to go about this...what am
> I doing wrong?  Thanks.

IE is getting that information from the well-hidden Index.dat in the History
folder.  To tell you how to delete that I would have to know your operating
system and the location of the History file.

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Vicki - 12 Aug 2003 00:33 GMT
>-----Original Message-----
>> When I go to the options button, and go to clear history,
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>folder.  To tell you how to delete that I would have to know your operating
>system and the location of the History file.

what you mean by location of the History file...it says,
when I go to find, C:\Windows...does that help at all?  On
my history button, it lets me view by date, site, site
most visited, and order of visits...it seems as though, if
I have it set on order of visited, and then delete the
history, that it usually deletes it completely...but if I
have it set on date, and then do a delete...when I come
back to check it is still there....does it make a
difference in ability to view things from the history file
in regards to Hotmail, if you have made sure to log out of
the site.  It seems as though sometimes I can view my
daughters inbox, and wondered if that was because she
failed to log out.  Thanks for your help!  It's very
frustrating!
vicki
 
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