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Old 01-05-2006, 04:21 PM
BearsFan18
 
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Default Re: History item keeps resurfacing

I also had the problem of the resurfacing item. It happened when I stepped
on the on/off button on my power surge protector. I used the free history
eraser referred to below and it very nicely killed it. THANKS DAN!

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> This URL you're seeing may be in the index.dat file in the History folder.
> Free History Eraser from
> http://smartprotector.com/eraser/fre...ory-eraser.htm will delete the
> History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
> you restart.
> Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
> Or CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ should be able to clear the
> History
> and the index.dat file. Just check the appropriate boxes and run it.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "User" <User[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:267E7040-8BB9-4068-89B5-45F3704DF3F4@microsoft.com...
> > I am in need of erasing on of my history items, if I clear history and all
> > offline content, it's still there. If I turn off autocomplete, it does

> not
> > appear from the pull down address bar, but when I search the history it is
> > still there and I would like it erased completely. I understand I can

> erase
> > some index.dat from the temporary internet files (from searching this

> forum)
> > but I was wondering if someone had the entire address/source for that - I
> > did not want to erase the wrong one-there seems to be more than one. Any
> > help would be appreciated.

>
>

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