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Deletion of History files in IE5.5

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by itnetman

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How can we stop users deleting the history and temporary internet files from IE5.5?
Tried to change the permissions but were unable to get right combination.

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by sue.ritter

I don't know exactly what you are working with but I'm guessing that you should be able to change the permissions of the folders where those files are stored. I would guess that locking users out of those folders entirely would be a good idea.

by itnetman

Tried permissions, either get no access for all users or full access for all users (including administrators). Also when no access IE5.5 uses system to delete history so users are able to delete from control panel or internet options in IE. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Starting to pull hair out now.

by murray brydon

You could remove the general tab from the internet control panel by adding the following registry entry. Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\ControlPanel and add a DWORD Value Called GeneralTab
Give it a value of 1to hide the General Tab or 0 to view the general tab. You could also add a DWORD called History and give it a value of 1 so that it is hidden so that they cant right-click and delete the history.
Then if you also change the permissions on the history folder I can't how they will easily delete the history.

by itnetman

Thanks very much. Had to change part of the path to read Control Panel but it has worked now.

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