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Justin W Chandler
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EXPLORER? SOLVED!!!? There are so many people trying to erase the damn history created by Internet Explorer. Microsoft does NOT allow you to clear this history. "Clear browser history" does not work, deleting the index.dat files doesn't work, and even the many programs that claim to do it do not work (at least not the 5+ that I've tried! Now I have the solution for everyone to enjoy. It does involve some technical aspects but unless you simply have a problem following instructions, you should be able to clear ALL YOUR BROWSING HISTORY.
What a stupid QA design; I can't post my own reply. Anyways, here's what you do:
1. Reboot into safe mode. Do this by pressing F8 just before the Windows Vista logo shows up while you're starting your computer. Select SAFE MODE and there you have it.
2. Log in as a user with administrative priviledges. It's best if you use the Administrator account, but any user with admin priviledges should work.
3. Click on START and open COMMAND PROMPT
4. Enter these commands one by one EXACTLY.
4a. taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
4b. for /f "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /s /a /b c:\index.dat') do attrib -h -s -r "%A"
4c. for /f "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /s /a /b c:\index.dat') do del /f /q "%A"
4d. shutdown /r /f /t 0
Voila! FINALLY your Internet browsing history should be gone. Microsoft sure sucks for their lack of respect for people's privacy, but hey at least it's better than Linux in pretty much every way possible.
What a stupid QA design; I can't post my own reply. Anyways, here's what you do:
1. Reboot into safe mode. Do this by pressing F8 just before the Windows Vista logo shows up while you're starting your computer. Select SAFE MODE and there you have it.
2. Log in as a user with administrative priviledges. It's best if you use the Administrator account, but any user with admin priviledges should work.
3. Click on START and open COMMAND PROMPT
4. Enter these commands one by one EXACTLY.
4a. taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
4b. for /f "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /s /a /b c:\index.dat') do attrib -h -s -r "%A"
4c. for /f "tokens=*" %A in ('dir /s /a /b c:\index.dat') do del /f /q "%A"
4d. shutdown /r /f /t 0
Voila! FINALLY your Internet browsing history should be gone. Microsoft sure sucks for their lack of respect for people's privacy, but hey at least it's better than Linux in pretty much every way possible.