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can't clear address bar

Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by xort, 2005/03/08.

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  1. 2005/03/08
    xort

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    I went to Tools>internet options>clear history and cleared history. I also deleted files and deleted cookies.
    But if I type www.a Amazon and other sites beginning in A pop up on the address bar in IE. I can't seem to clear all these out. When I clear history, some addresses go away but not all. I want to clear all of them out. How?

    Thanks
     
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    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Tools > Internet Options > Content > Autocomplete and uncheck Web Addresses - and anything else you fancy :)

    If this fails try this little app - CrapCleaner
     

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    The autocomplete worked perfect...thanks.

    But I don't understand why clear history didn't work. When I found some websites via this autocomplete, I ran the clear history several times. I then ran a complete search of my entire computer. The search did not turn up these autocomplete sites. Where were they hiding?
     
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  5. 2005/03/09
    PeteC

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    AFAIK the autocomplete entries are recorded in the Registry. A normal file search will not find them as the registry is not searched - it contains no files.
     
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