I Still Have Files In History

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/28/04


Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:46:43 -0700

No joy! I cleared, all off-line files, cookies, history,
autocomplete and passwords in IE options and rebooted.
I'm still running 98SE on this machine until I get my new
one later this year. My IE is up to date with all SP's
>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>HELP!
>>
>>Even when I clean the history file in IE6, there is
still
>>folders and files when I right click and click on
>>properties on the History folder in Windows.
>>
>>How can I completely clean the folder of everything that
>>is not system related? I also used KB article Q323687
>>where you start the computer in the safe mode and it was
>>no help.
>>
>>Any ideas????
>>.
>>
>Did you clear your history from within internet options
>under the tools at the top of IE browser?
>Also did you clear out all temp and offline files while
>there too?
>Then close your browser and reboot it.... also to clear
all
>forms in 'autocomplete' will get rid of search history and
>the like.
>Then reboot and reopen your browser..... I have ie6 and
sp2
>and it worked for me.
>luck, shelaght
>.
>



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