Clear IE6 History Programatically

Robert Aldwinckle

2008-11-23 21:45:02 UTC

Post by Gavin
Hi All,
Was wondering if there is anything more to clearing Internet Explorer 6
History/Cookies/Temporary Internet Files other than clearing all entries in
the TypedURLS Key in Registry, and deleting everything in
%userprofile%\Cookies, %userprofile%\History, %userprofile%\Temporary
Internet Files?

The corresponding registry values. Also, in the case of the TIF especially,
it may not be where you think it is. ; )

Post by Gavin
The other question I have is what do the .dat files that are
contained in the specified directories used for, and does it matter if they
are deleted when I empty the folders??

You would be less likely to see crashes due to inconsistent data if you did.
I think it would be less important for the index.dat in Cookies, which probably
just supplements the directory entry. But I think the index.dat in the TIF
is used to help find the file being checked for. E.g. otherwise each lookup
could involve a sequential search through all of those subdirectories... ; )

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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