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Remove a Address from IE 5.1 (sp2)

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I am running W2K with IE 5.1 (sp2) and their is an address that I can't seem to remove. I have gone to TOOLS/INTERNET OPTIONS/CLEAR HISTORY and I don't see it in the History folder (c:\documents&settings\username. However if I start typing in the address it will show up as if I have visited it when I have not. I've even rebooted and still it shows up. I've tried everything I can think of. It's just driving me nuts.

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by dcadmin

On the address bar when you click on the down arrow is everything cleared after clearing the history?
Well a workaround is to go to tools->internet options, click on the content tab, the under personal info click on the autocomplete button, uncheckthe web addresses box and it won't autocomplete for which might take care of your problem, but can be inconvienent. I am not sure why clearing the history won't clear everything

by dmiles

If you are refering to URL's
Open Internet Options,click on the Advanced tab
Scroll down the list until you see the box
Show friendly URL's and make sure the box is unchecked
Also you can click on the Restore Defaults button and it should work.

by chuck rothman, gsec

Maybe I'm missing something, but have you tried clearing the cache? Go to Tools, Internet Options, General Tab and delete the temporary files and clear the history. Then go to the Content Tab, click on Autocomplete and clear that.

If that doesn't work, install TWEAKUI and go to the Paranoia tab and check "Clear IE history at login."

by oneydpirat

Try going to the Temporary Internet Files Folder in Windows Explorer, highlight all the items and delete. That will rid th eaddress from the address bar.

Using the clear history and clear temp folder tools in IE do not always remove the items. bygoing into windows explorer and going to the history folder and temp internet file folder you can make sure you are deleting all the files (works well when getting rid of cookies, too)

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