Re: Can autofill entries in SEARCH be cleared???
From: WTC (bcrawfordjr(remove)_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/24/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:44:49 -0800
Sure go, into Change Preferences in the search pane, and Turn off Auto
Complete, then turn back on.
Then your Search History should be cleared.
Good Luck
-- William "George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:%234rduCj0EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > I'd like to clear out all the entries I've made while using Windows SEARCH > files and folders, but can't find how to do this. > > On this WinXP-pro PC... when I right click My Document > SEARCH > [enter a > word or phrase]... it remembers the word or phrase and the next time I > start to type the first few characters... it auto-completes it. For > example: > > Suppose I type into SEARCH box these first few letters > *co > > it would then autocomplete it to > *contracts.doc > > since that is a search I did last time, or it might give me choices if I > did lots of similar searches last time, like > *contracts.doc > *company.xls > *colorcharts200?.txt > > Is there a way to clear these prior search entries out all at once? So > far, the only way I can get these erased is one at a time... when it gives > the choices, I put the cursor on it (but don't cliek) and press the DELETE > key. This takes a long time, plus I really can't see what's in there > unless I go through the whole alphabet and see what comes up in the > choices list, then delete them one by one. > > How can I delete ALL the autofilled search choices/entries all at once? > > Thanks, > George > > >
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