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Cannot delete old URLs in Address bar

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by shanghai sam

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I use Windows Me with IE 5.5
I cannot delete old URLs that were typed in the Address bar. I cleared all History, all Temp files, all cookies, and also deleted all lines except Default in the following entry in the Registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs
when clicking on the down arrow on the right of the Address bar, no old history shows up, thats good so far, BUT when I clear the Address bar, and type just ONE letter, lets say A, I will see old URLs that start with the letter A. Test it yourself, from letter A thru Z, and I am sure you'll find old entries, that start with the typed letter.
The only way I was able to hide old URLs was to uncheck "Web Addresses" in Tools/Internet Options/Content Tab/AutoComplete.
But when I re-checked "Web Addresses" all the old URLs reappeared again. YUK.

How can old URLs be deleted PERMANENTLY from the IE's Address bar?

Thank you for helping.
Please send answer to johnusa@email.com

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by shanghai sam

Open the browser and click onthe Tools menu,in the drop down list,select Internet Options,select the Advanced tab,go down the list until you get to show friendly URL's and uncheck the box,this should get rid of url's.

by ann777

From within IE --> tools --> options --> Clear History button on the General tab in the History paragraph.

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