For some reason my history folder started keeping track of everything I view
on "My Computer". It used to not do this. Now in my history folder there are
all the sites I've been to and all the files I've accessed on "My Computer"
in a folder called "My Computer". If I delete the folder "My Computer", it
deletes all my history for the day. Can someone help me to get my computer
back to the way it was? Please?

I tried the history eraser and everything worked fine until a few hours
later, something happened, I have no idea what happened, other than I opened
my web editing software, this is when I noticed the problem started. My web
editing software has never done this before. Now it doesn't matter what file
I open on my computer, whether it be a website file, or .jpg file it shows up
in my internet history. How can I fix it?

Hi,
This is normal behavior. It's not related to your web editing program and I
don't think that you can stop the My Computer folder from appearing and
being populated.

You can delete all items in the History\My Computer folder without losing
other history items. If you delete the My Computer folder, it will be
recreated.

You might like this freeware program which can be configured to clear
history when the last browser window is closed:
IE Privacy Keeper from http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"777" <777[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30C68A76-1641-43D5-97BD-36018256995B@microsoft.com...
> For some reason my history folder started keeping track of everything I
view
> on "My Computer". It used to not do this. Now in my history folder there
are
> all the sites I've been to and all the files I've accessed on "My
Computer"
> in a folder called "My Computer". If I delete the folder "My Computer", it
> deletes all my history for the day. Can someone help me to get my computer
> back to the way it was? Please?
>
> I tried the history eraser and everything worked fine until a few hours
> later, something happened, I have no idea what happened, other than I
opened
> my web editing software, this is when I noticed the problem started. My
web
> editing software has never done this before. Now it doesn't matter what
file
> I open on my computer, whether it be a website file, or .jpg file it shows
up
> in my internet history. How can I fix it?

So, can the items in the History/My Computer folder be safely deleted? Or is
this anything to worry about as far as internet security and someone seeing
the files I've accessed on 'My Computer"?

I like to keep my history because I use it daily to visits the sites I've
visited the day before.

Thanks for your reply!

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> This is normal behavior. It's not related to your web editing program and I
> don't think that you can stop the My Computer folder from appearing and
> being populated.
>
> You can delete all items in the History\My Computer folder without losing
> other history items. If you delete the My Computer folder, it will be
> recreated.
>
> You might like this freeware program which can be configured to clear
> history when the last browser window is closed:
> IE Privacy Keeper from http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "777" <777[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30C68A76-1641-43D5-97BD-36018256995B@microsoft.com...
> > For some reason my history folder started keeping track of everything I
> view
> > on "My Computer". It used to not do this. Now in my history folder there
> are
> > all the sites I've been to and all the files I've accessed on "My
> Computer"
> > in a folder called "My Computer". If I delete the folder "My Computer", it
> > deletes all my history for the day. Can someone help me to get my computer
> > back to the way it was? Please?
> >
> > I tried the history eraser and everything worked fine until a few hours
> > later, something happened, I have no idea what happened, other than I
> opened
> > my web editing software, this is when I noticed the problem started. My
> web
> > editing software has never done this before. Now it doesn't matter what
> file
> > I open on my computer, whether it be a website file, or .jpg file it shows
> up
> > in my internet history. How can I fix it?
>
>

Hi,
Yes, those history items can be deleted. As to security- anyone with access
to your user account on that machine can see these and other history/mru
lists.

General security issues:
Microsoft Security at Home
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx

Wireless networks:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...twork+security

Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"777" <777[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55875D92-BBEA-4B0D-B859-341CF7A7EAEB@microsoft.com...
> So, can the items in the History/My Computer folder be safely deleted? Or
is
> this anything to worry about as far as internet security and someone
seeing
> the files I've accessed on 'My Computer"?
>
> I like to keep my history because I use it daily to visits the sites I've
> visited the day before.
>
> Thanks for your reply!

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
> > Hi,
> > This is normal behavior. It's not related to your web editing program
and I
> > don't think that you can stop the My Computer folder from appearing and
> > being populated.
> >
> > You can delete all items in the History\My Computer folder without
losing
> > other history items. If you delete the My Computer folder, it will be
> > recreated.
> >
> > You might like this freeware program which can be configured to clear
> > history when the last browser window is closed:
> > IE Privacy Keeper from
http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html

> > "777" <777[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:30C68A76-1641-43D5-97BD-36018256995B@microsoft.com...
> > > For some reason my history folder started keeping track of everything
I
> > view
> > > on "My Computer". It used to not do this. Now in my history folder
there
> > are
> > > all the sites I've been to and all the files I've accessed on "My
> > Computer"
> > > in a folder called "My Computer". If I delete the folder "My
Computer", it
> > > deletes all my history for the day. Can someone help me to get my
computer
> > > back to the way it was? Please?
> > >
> > > I tried the history eraser and everything worked fine until a few
hours
> > > later, something happened, I have no idea what happened, other than I
> > opened
> > > my web editing software, this is when I noticed the problem started.
My
> > web
> > > editing software has never done this before. Now it doesn't matter
what
> > file
> > > I open on my computer, whether it be a website file, or .jpg file it
shows
> > up
> > > in my internet history. How can I fix it?