How do I clear the address bar drop down
in IE5..or 5.5? (W98 and W98SE)
I know i have read where it is possible but have misplaced the how tos.
Anyone?
thanks
dragonsjaw
in IE5..or 5.5? (W98 and W98SE)
I know i have read where it is possible but have misplaced the how tos.
Anyone?
thanks
dragonsjaw
Gurudev posted this at 03:17 — 21st February 2002.
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Go to Tools, Internet Options, Clear Histroy.
dragonsjaw posted this at 04:38 — 21st February 2002.
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ok. Yep knew how to do that.
Didn't remember that the address bar drop down cleared then too.
Is there any way to clear just the drop down with out clearing the history file?
Just wondering..
thanks
dragonsjaw
"Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight- 'Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." - Bruce Cockburn
DirecTV posted this at 05:37 — 21st February 2002.
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I don't think that's possible, but I could be wrong...
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:31 — 21st February 2002.
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I don't think so either.
ValleyPages posted this at 06:42 — 23rd March 2002.
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Start>settings>Taskbar and start menu>start menu programs>clear
It says documents but it will clear the address drop down and the find files box.
mairving posted this at 13:24 — 23rd March 2002.
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You can also clear individual files by right-clicking and deleting.
dragonsjaw posted this at 17:28 — 23rd March 2002.
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Hey thanks ValleyPages! That is just what i needed.
Marving,
the right click/delete option doesn't work for me,
i had of course tried that right off
later,
dragonsjaw
"Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight- 'Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." - Bruce Cockburn
openmind posted this at 19:22 — 23rd March 2002.
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Well you learn something new everyday here dontya!!
ValleyPages posted this at 01:21 — 24th March 2002.
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You're welcome. I thought that would be it.
Worm posted this at 18:38 — 19th April 2002.
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Well, I'm a newbie on the forum here and I don't want to tread on anybody's toes, but I've read the posts on this subject and have to disagree that the suggestions made will fix the problem. But let me prove it to you.
Delete all your Temporary Internet files in the usual way and then use any of the suggestions that have already been made concerning erasing History. Then navigate to the folder called Content.IE5 which is located in the Temporary Internet Files folder using Windows Explorer. Right click the folder and choose Properties from the menu. You'll problably be most surprised to find that this seemingly empty folder which may only contain a few cookies may be consuming several Megabytes of space. That's because Windows stores your history in hidden files regardless of whether you've got the Show All Files option enabled or not. The only way to clear the history is to delete the folder called Content.IE5. Windows rebuilds it the next time you reboot the machine.
To delete the Content.IE5 folder, boot to Safe Mode Command Prompt Only in Win98, or if you're using Win ME, boot to Real Mode DOS using a Windows Startup disk. Change directories until you've got C:\Windows\Tempor~1 and then type "Del Content.IE5" (without quotes) and confirm by hitting "Y". Reboot the machine and navigate to the Content.IE5 folder again. When you right click it this time, you'll find that it will only be about 33k.
If you choose not to take these steps, then anybody with a bit of IT knowledge can boot into DOS and read the Content.IE5 folder and see exactly where's you've been on the 'Net.
Worm
openmind posted this at 19:43 — 19th April 2002.
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Although I agree what you are saying Worm, I don't think dragonsjaw needed to goto such a complex way of deleting their history!
The info you gave is excellent but I think he just wanted to clear the drop down menu
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