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by carlosamalfitano

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HOw do you erase the drop down addresses in MSN explorer. I've tried internet options clear history in my explorer file, but that oes not clear the aoutomated drop down address that appear when I start to type an address in the address bar. I alsohave trie the autocomplete funtion and that as well did not work. I would greatly appreciate any help because the people at MSN could not.
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by dmiles

I am taking a guess that you can open IE,click on internet options,select the advanced tab,go down the list and look for the box that is "show friendly URL's",if this box is checked then uncheck it,close and reboot,now check to see if the url's remain when you logoff

by icrovop

Part of this list is kept in your registry. I don't know if MSN explorer keeps them in a different place, but IE keeps them in hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\interner explorer/TypedURLs. In the event they are not there go into regedit and doa find on someplace you have typed in a such as techrepublic.com. This will point you to the right area.

by icrovop

Sorry the file you are looking for is index.dat. Depending on your version it should be in Windows/application data/microsoft/internet explorer. Just do a search and find the file.

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