documents in internet explorer history

nicron · 04-20-2009, 01:16 AM

Internet Explorer is adding any document I open to its history. If I list by order visited, recently opened documents appear among recently visited web pages. If I list by site, the documents are listed under "My Computer".
The problem arose recently, after some registry edits. I have restored the registry to its pre-problem state, but the problem is still there. The issue affects all users.
I am using IE 6 in Windows 2000 sp4, but I have seen the same problem in a few forums with IE 7 and/or Windows XP, and so far, no solution. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated.

**Go The Power** · 04-20-2009, 04:00 AM

try clearing all the history:

Clean TEMP files

Click Here to download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. Save it to your Desktop.

Go to your desktop and double click on ATF-Cleaner.exe.

Main

Under Main. Click Select All, then click Empty

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If you use Firefox, click Firefox on the menu bar

Click on Select All, then click Empty
Note: If you want to keep your saved Passwords click No on the prompt.

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If you use Opera, click Opera on the menu bar

Click on Select All, then click Empty
Note: If you want to keep your saved Passwords click No on the prompt.

nicron · 04-21-2009, 10:45 AM

Thank you for the suggestion.
Unfortunately, cleaning all caches doesn't help; documents opened after a clean get added to IE's history. It also doesn't matter whether or not the browser is in use at thie time - documents opened with nothing else running show up in IE's history the next time I open it.

nicron · 05-08-2009, 08:14 PM

Anybody have any ideas?

04-20-2009, 01:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
nicron Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000 sp4	documents in internet explorer history Internet Explorer is adding any document I open to its history. If I list by order visited, recently opened documents appear among recently visited web pages. If I list by site, the documents are listed under "My Computer". The problem arose recently, after some registry edits. I have restored the registry to its pre-problem state, but the problem is still there. The issue affects all users. I am using IE 6 in Windows 2000 sp4, but I have seen the same problem in a few forums with IE 7 and/or Windows XP, and so far, no solution. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated.

04-20-2009, 04:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,971 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: documents in internet explorer history try clearing all the history: Clean TEMP files Click Here to download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. Save it to your Desktop. Go to your desktop and double click on ATF-Cleaner.exe. Main Under Main. Click Select All, then click Empty ---------------------------- If you use Firefox, click Firefox on the menu bar Click on Select All, then click Empty Note: If you want to keep your saved Passwords click No on the prompt. ---------------------------- If you use Opera, click Opera on the menu bar Click on Select All, then click Empty Note: If you want to keep your saved Passwords click No on the prompt. __________________

04-21-2009, 10:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
nicron Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000 sp4	Re: documents in internet explorer history Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, cleaning all caches doesn't help; documents opened after a clean get added to IE's history. It also doesn't matter whether or not the browser is in use at thie time - documents opened with nothing else running show up in IE's history the next time I open it.

05-08-2009, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
nicron Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000 sp4	Re: documents in internet explorer history Anybody have any ideas?