Not clearing history fully in Internet Explorer?

[David]

Not a great problem, admittedly, but I am very curious!

I always clear down internet files and history trails after every
session, through the usual places plus one or two other places that
seem to store odds and ends once in a blue moon (e.g. if my PC crashes
and things aren't indexed 100% as they should be, so need manual
intervention to get strictly tidy.)

However, there are 2 sites, the memory of which are still SOMEWHERE in
my PC. I know this because when I type in a URL in Internet Explorer,
it does its "attempt at prefilling" routine, and every time they come
up! They are not especially significant pages - in fact one is a BBC
(TV) page, no more or less special than any other BBC page.

I clear down the "forms" entries too, but it still comes up. I thought
about doing a search : "show me all files containging http: etc." but
of course the address will be held as a number won't it?

I'd love to know what Windows file is storing these two mysterious
URLS!

David

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Clearing History does not affect typed URLs (AKA MRUs).

Post by David
Not a great problem, admittedly, but I am very curious!
I always clear down internet files and history trails after every
session, through the usual places plus one or two other places that
seem to store odds and ends once in a blue moon (e.g. if my PC crashes
and things aren't indexed 100% as they should be, so need manual
intervention to get strictly tidy.)
However, there are 2 sites, the memory of which are still SOMEWHERE in
my PC. I know this because when I type in a URL in Internet Explorer,
it does its "attempt at prefilling" routine, and every time they come
up! They are not especially significant pages - in fact one is a BBC
(TV) page, no more or less special than any other BBC page.
I clear down the "forms" entries too, but it still comes up. I thought
about doing a search : "show me all files containging http: etc." but
of course the address will be held as a number won't it?
I'd love to know what Windows file is storing these two mysterious
URLS!
David

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Post by David
Not a great problem, admittedly, but I am very curious!
I always clear down internet files and history trails after every
session, through the usual places plus one or two other places that
seem to store odds and ends once in a blue moon (e.g. if my PC crashes
and things aren't indexed 100% as they should be, so need manual
intervention to get strictly tidy.)
However, there are 2 sites, the memory of which are still SOMEWHERE in
my PC. I know this because when I type in a URL in Internet Explorer,
it does its "attempt at prefilling" routine, and every time they come
up! They are not especially significant pages - in fact one is a BBC
(TV) page, no more or less special than any other BBC page.
I clear down the "forms" entries too, but it still comes up. I thought
about doing a search : "show me all files containging http: etc." but
of course the address will be held as a number won't it?

No but it might be stored as a doublebyte character string, e.g. Unicode
which would make searching by Search Companion unhelpful.
In that case you could use, findstr /s /m /i in a cmd window.
E.g. to search for files containing either upper or lowercase variations
of BBC in Unicode you would enter: findstr /s /m /i ".b.b.c" *

Post by David
I'd love to know what Windows file is storing these two mysterious
URLS!

Is the BBC URL one you used when making a "subscriptionn"
for offline viewing? E.g. Check %windir%\Offline Web Pages

Another way to see where AutoSuggest may be getting stuff is
to generate a list of Visited: URLs immediately after clearing History
e.g. in a cmd window enter commands:

cd /d %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5
and
find /i "Visited:" index.dat


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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[David]

Post by Robert Aldwinckle
Is the BBC URL one you used when making a "subscriptionn"
for offline viewing? E.g. Check %windir%\Offline Web Pages

No. I don't subscribe to anything - don't trust it! It was actually a
BBC page reporting on the Eurovision Song Contest. (Oh, the shame of
it!!!)

Thanks for the tips. I've not entered commands like that before, but
I'll certainly give it a go!

David

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
I'm guessing IE7 / Windows XP, but...
Which version of Windows?
Which version of Internet Explorer?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Post by David
Not a great problem, admittedly, but I am very curious!
I always clear down internet files and history trails after every
session, through the usual places plus one or two other places that
seem to store odds and ends once in a blue moon (e.g. if my PC crashes
and things aren't indexed 100% as they should be, so need manual
intervention to get strictly tidy.)
However, there are 2 sites, the memory of which are still SOMEWHERE in
my PC. I know this because when I type in a URL in Internet Explorer,
it does its "attempt at prefilling" routine, and every time they come
up! They are not especially significant pages - in fact one is a BBC
(TV) page, no more or less special than any other BBC page.
I clear down the "forms" entries too, but it still comes up. I thought
about doing a search : "show me all files containging http: etc." but
of course the address will be held as a number won't it?
I'd love to know what Windows file is storing these two mysterious
URLS!
David

[Don Varnau]

Nevermind... forgot which newsgroup this is. ;-)

Don

Post by Don Varnau
Hi,
I'm guessing IE7 / Windows XP, but...
Which version of Windows?
Which version of Internet Explorer?
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Post by David
Not a great problem, admittedly, but I am very curious!
I always clear down internet files and history trails after every
session, through the usual places plus one or two other places that
seem to store odds and ends once in a blue moon (e.g. if my PC crashes
and things aren't indexed 100% as they should be, so need manual
intervention to get strictly tidy.)
However, there are 2 sites, the memory of which are still SOMEWHERE in
my PC. I know this because when I type in a URL in Internet Explorer,
it does its "attempt at prefilling" routine, and every time they come
up! They are not especially significant pages - in fact one is a BBC
(TV) page, no more or less special than any other BBC page.
I clear down the "forms" entries too, but it still comes up. I thought
about doing a search : "show me all files containging http: etc." but
of course the address will be held as a number won't it?
I'd love to know what Windows file is storing these two mysterious
URLS!
David