Re: how to clan up history files?

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From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:12:39 GMT

Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK | General tab |
Click Clear History

Days to keep pages in history:

[[Specifies the number of days that Internet Explorer should keep track of
your viewed pages in the History list.
Internet Explorer creates shortcuts to pages you viewed in this and previous
browsing sessions. If you are low on disk space, you might want to decrease
this number.]] 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:40E3F32F.37EC5065@sympatico.ca,
Leo Kerner <l.kerner@sympatico.ca>  hunted and pecked:
> Windows stores somewhere entries the user has made for...
> - urls in explorer
> - user names in a variety of web pages, city nams, address,...
>
> among other.
>
> Over time, a lot of ´crap' has accumlated, including mispelled version
> of the info., and I'd like to start anew. Which files can I erase to
> achieve this?
>
> Leo

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