Re: Backup - history folder

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Replied to [Yvonne]'s message {REPLY BELOW} :
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Is there any way to backup the history folder in IE 7? I have
things as favourites but there have been several occasions when
someone has said -- that website you went to last week .... it
wasn't something I was interested in so never bookmarked it and we
weren't sure of the name of the site or couldn't remember the
content, except maybe a couple of tidbits from it. When this
started happening, I decided to keep a history of where I'd been on
the internet. I have WinXP Home.
IE 5 used to have a folder called "History" with each day or week in a
subfolder something like this: "MSHist012005070420050711". In this
folder was an "index.dat" file.
Has this changed with IE 7?

I can find a folder called "History" in several places on C: drive,
but there is only a file in that folder called "index.dat" - there
are no subfolders labelled "MSHist .....".

Yvonne

"Pop`" <nodoby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yvonne wrote:


It's a folder/s. Search your hard drive for history .


This is for IE6 (Should be same for 7)
Instead of backing it up, increase the time to delete history.
Internet options > Increase "Days to keep history ...."

The history folder can be opened by(It is per-user folder) :
Type this in Start > RUn
"%userprofile%\Local settings\History" (Including quotes)

Alternatively, you can view the history folder in explorer > View > Explorer
bar > History



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