Re: can't completely delete history on ie!!

soshelp wrote:

I have been on a website that my wife would not approve of called
www.webdate.com. Under internet options i've cleared the history, deleted
the cookies and deleted the temp. internet files. When i type a "w" in the
address bar, all these webdate sites appear underneath, and I can't delete
them!! How do I get rid of these?? Your help and advice will be greatly
appreciated!!

Jeff Davis - IE Team -> "jeff's WebLog":
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266027.aspx
"Index.dat: Part I - What is index.dat?"
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx
"Index.dat: Part II - What are they used for?"
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/19/266977.aspx
"Index.dat Part III - How do I delete index.dat?".

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157729/en-us
"How to clear the History entries in Internet Explorer".
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897/en-us
"How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder".

Try also...
CCleaner (freeware), from http://www.ccleaner.com/
About CCleaner, courtesy of Sandi Hardmeier - Microsoft MVP: "Be very very
VERY careful with CCleaner. We are seeing a lot of problems with that
software removing hotfix data making it impossible to uninstall IE7 and any
other hotfix/update."

And...
Free History Eraser (deletes also index.dat files):
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm
The History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers_8.htm#deltree

Go to Clean Up Center:
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
Clic on "Clean Up Scan".

Then set your IE cache (TIF folder size) at about 50/60 mb.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

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