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webbrowser history not being removed fully

May 16, 2005 1:16AM PDT

hi, when i click internet options and press clear history, it clears most pages but some are left behind, when i start typing a page in the address bar at the top, some pages iv recently visit still show up underneath, why is this happening?

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Because that is not history.
May 16, 2005 1:29AM PDT

Look to articles about AUTOCOMPLETE.

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i want to.
May 16, 2005 1:39AM PDT

clear my history but the clear history in internet options general tab doesnt clear it fully, and autocomplete doesnt do anything either

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Since the clear history doesn't by design do this.
May 16, 2005 1:42AM PDT
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bug probably
May 16, 2005 3:34AM PDT

I think this has been fixed in the IE 6.0 SP2. If you have earlier version of IE then probably you will face this problem. When i try to clear history it clears everythiung from my dropdown address bar too and I use IE 6.0 SP2