How Delete Web Addresses?

OS: Windows 7 HP 64; Explorer 8. I have the Address window open on the
Toolbar with several web addresses showing (Toolbars | Address). Although I
know you can't delete individual web addresses, I know there's a way you can
delete the whole list. I've tried everything such as check-marking all items
under Tools | Internet Options | General | Delete | Delete Browsing History,
and they still won't go away. Thanks for any help you can provide! If you'd
like to copy me to my e-mail address, just delete the *nospam. Thanks!

Dan Kap,
Whittier, CA

NOTE: The following newsgroup was omitted in my reply since it is not
available on my NNTP server:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer
It is also not on Microsoft's NNTP server that the OP used to post his
message, so the OP entered an invalid newsgroup name.

Dan Kap wrote:

> OS: Windows 7 HP 64; Explorer 8. I have the Address window open on the
> Toolbar with several web addresses showing (Toolbars | Address). Although I
> know you can't delete individual web addresses, I know there's a way you can
> delete the whole list. I've tried everything such as check-marking all items
> under Tools | Internet Options | General | Delete | Delete Browsing History,
> and they still won't go away. Thanks for any help you can provide! If you'd
> like to copy me to my e-mail address, just delete the *nospam. Thanks!

I'm still on Windows XP and there is no Toolbars -> Address menu selection.
That's because the Address Bar in IE8 is coded to *always* appear. It is a
security feature to prevent sites from hiding that they moved you to a
different domain. You cannot hide it. If there is an "Address" selection
under the Toolbars menu then you installed an add-on that identifies itself
by that name. You'll have to check the options for whatever 3rd party
toolbar you installed into IE8.

If you are trying to wipe the auto-complete cache, its configuration is
under Tools -> Content -> AutoComplete -> Settings. That won't work on some
3rd party "Address" toolbar.

Post here instead:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...plorer/threads

Dan Kap wrote:
> OS: Windows 7 HP 64; Explorer 8. I have the Address window open on the
> Toolbar with several web addresses showing (Toolbars | Address). Although
> I
> know you can't delete individual web addresses, I know there's a way you
> can
> delete the whole list. I've tried everything such as check-marking all
> items
> under Tools | Internet Options | General | Delete | Delete Browsing
> History,
> and they still won't go away. Thanks for any help you can provide! If
> you'd
> like to copy me to my e-mail address, just delete the *nospam. Thanks!
>
> Dan Kap,
> Whittier, CA

Thanks for the advice, Pa...will do!

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Post here instead:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...plorer/threads

Thanks for the reply, Vanguard. You're right; after one of the Windows XP
updates, the Address Window was no longer available in the Task Bar. It was
restored in Vista, and is available in 7. Really, I contributed no add-ons
in either 7 or Vista. The window is available by right clicking on the
Taskbar and then selecting Toolbars | Address. Next time you're on a
friend's computer that has 7 or Vista, give it a try and you'll see what I
mean. And I'm talking about the Taskbar that's defaulted at the bottom of
the 7 and Vista screen, adjacent to the Start Button--has nothing to do with
IE. Maybe that's wherein the confusion lies, in that I might have used the
wrong terminology. I'd like to be able to delete all those URL's I'd entered
into the Address window.

Dan Kap,
Whittier, CA

> Dan Kap wrote:
>
>> OS: Windows 7 HP 64; Explorer 8. I have the Address window open on the
>> Toolbar with several web addresses showing (Toolbars | Address). Although
>> I
>> know you can't delete individual web addresses, I know there's a way you
>> can
>> delete the whole list. I've tried everything such as check-marking all
>> items
>> under Tools | Internet Options | General | Delete | Delete Browsing
>> History,
>> and they still won't go away. Thanks for any help you can provide! If
>> you'd
>> like to copy me to my e-mail address, just delete the *nospam. Thanks!
>
> I'm still on Windows XP and there is no Toolbars -> Address menu
> selection.
> That's because the Address Bar in IE8 is coded to *always* appear. It is
> a
> security feature to prevent sites from hiding that they moved you to a
> different domain. You cannot hide it. If there is an "Address" selection
> under the Toolbars menu then you installed an add-on that identifies
> itself
> by that name. You'll have to check the options for whatever 3rd party
> toolbar you installed into IE8.
>
> If you are trying to wipe the auto-complete cache, its configuration is
> under Tools -> Content -> AutoComplete -> Settings. That won't work on
> some
> 3rd party "Address" toolbar.

Dan Kap wrote:

> after one of the Windows XP updates, the Address Window was no longer
> available in the Task Bar.

Um, so what does that address bar disappearance from the Windows taskbar
have to do with the Address Bar in Internet Explorer, the topic of THIS
newsgroup? You're asking about the wrong address bar. Because of WHERE you
asked, readers would assume that you were asking about the address bar in
*Internet Explorer*. Look at the name of THIS newsgroup again.

The Addresstoolbar in the Windows taskbar is a completely separate issue.
It is NOT an issue with Internet Explorer (again, see the title of THIS
newsgroup?). The Address toolbar option disappears when you apply service
pack 3 to Windows XP.

> Next time you're on a friend's computer that has 7 or Vista, give it a try
> and you'll see what I mean.

I don't have to. What you *meant* is NOT what you asked. You asked about
the disappears of the Address Bar. You asked in a newsgroup that discusses
Internet Explorer. You did NOT ask in a newsgroup that discusses general
topics on Windows XP.

Below is my canned response for someone asking about the missing Address
toolbar - and in the Windows taskbar - and by asking in the corrent
newsgroup, especially when they don't identify WHERE is the missing address
toolbar. I didn't back to verify all steps are accurate across all
perceivable XP setups but it worked for me on several hosts. Otherwise, you
could Google on the *correct* topic, for example:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B"windows+xp"+%2B"service+pack"+%2B"add ress+toolbar"+%2Btaskbar+missing

This search might turn up the vendor that came out with a replacement
Address toolbar rather than trying to restore the old one from Windows. I
can't recall it's product name right now.


_Missing Address toolbar in Windows taskbar after applying Service Pack 3 to
Windows XP_

After installing Service Pack 3 to Windows XP, the Address toolbar is no
longer available in the Windows taskbar. The quick answer to restoring the
Address toolbar in the taskbar is:

In %windir%\system32, replace the SP-3 version of browseui.dll with the
SP-2 version.

Unfortunately, Windows File Protection gets in the way (and so does
explorer.exe for the Windows desktop and some other processes). The
workaround is to use the PendingFileRenameOperations key in the registry.
Values under this key specify which files to move, replace, or delete when
Windows starts up. Get the PendMoves.zip file from SysInternals
(http://www.sysinternals.com) which contains the pendmoves.exe and
movefile.exe utilities. pendmoves tells you what is already in that
registry key to get renamed on the next Windows startup (afterwhich this key
gets cleared). movefile lets you add entries to this registry key.

- If you haven't yet installed SP-3, save a copy of the file:

md c:\backup
copy "%windir%\system32\browseui.dll" c:\temp\

- If you have already installed SP-3, you will have to get a copy of
browseui.dl_ (ends with the underscore character) from your backups, from a
Windows SP-2 install CD, from another of your hosts still running Windows XP
SP-2, or from a friend that you really trust. If you get the compressed
browseui.dl_ file, decompress it:

expand [drive:[path]]browseui.dl_ c:\backup\browseui.dll

Now that you have the old version of the browseui.dll file, you need to
replace the SP-3 version with the old version. Run the following command in
a DOS shell:

copy c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32\browseui_sp3.dll
copy c:\backup\browseui.dll c:\backup\browseui-2.dll
movefile c:\backup\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32\dllcache\browseui.dll
movefile c:\backup\browseui-2.dll c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll
<reboot>

Each 'copy' and 'movefile' command are on one line (be careful of any line
wrapping in your newsreader). Assumptions: movefile.exe is in the current
directory or found by the PATH environment variable and that you saved the
old version of browseui.dll under c:\backup. Do NOT use
"%windir%\system32\browseui.dll" for the destination since the windir
environment variable won't be defined when the move operation is performed
during Windows startup. In the above, I save a copy of the SP-3 version of
browseui.dll just in case it is found later that using the old version
causes problems and I have to revert back to using the SP-3 version along
with having to sacrifice the Address toolbar. I also created 2 copies of
the old version of browseui.dll. That is because it gets moved (not copied)
into the destination. So the first move will work but then the source file
won't exist for the second move.

While this procedure gets you back to the prior version of the browseui.dll
file to get back the Address toolbar in the Windows taskbar, the
browseui.dll is used by Windows for lots of other functionality. It is
possible the old version will cause problems with expected new functionality
in the new version of this file. That is why I suggest to save a copy of
the new version of the file in case you find other problems and need to swap
it back using a procedure similar to above.

Are you referring to the Address Toolbar in WinXP SP3?

Restore the Address Toolbar (Deskband) after installing Windows XP SP3
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...alling-xp-sp3/


Dan Kap wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Vanguard. You're right; after one of the Windows XP
> updates, the Address Window was no longer available in the Task Bar...

Actually, I'm referring to the Taskbar in Windows 7 (not IE) where one can
now open the Address window again (the feature was deleted in XP after some
hotfixes). I was using some incorrect terminology, so apologies to you and
Vanguard; you might look at his latest reply. I can't blame him for being
miffed with me for posting here, an IE newsgroup, but here's the thing. When
I wanted to delete the URL list that showed up in the Windows XP Taskbar
Address window, in *IE* Tools | Options you'd just delete all histories and
the URL list showing in the XP Taskbar Address window would disappear. I'm
very sure of that. So that's why I posted here; seemed to me that ridding
myself of such URLs was an IE function. But it sure as heck doesn't work
that way with 7; I'd never tried it with Vista.

Dan

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Are you referring to the Address Toolbar in WinXP SP3?
>
> Restore the Address Toolbar (Deskband) after installing Windows XP SP3
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...alling-xp-sp3/
>
>
> Dan Kap wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply, Vanguard. You're right; after one of the Windows XP
>> updates, the Address Window was no longer available in the Task Bar...
>

This has nothing to do with the Windows version (except that IE8 is the
default in Win7).

As you know by now, Address Bar functionality in IE8 is markedly different
from than in IE7 and IE6; cf.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...hat-s-new.aspx

Dan Kap wrote:
> Actually, I'm referring to the Taskbar in Windows 7 (not IE) where one can
> now open the Address window again (the feature was deleted in XP after
> some
> hotfixes). I was using some incorrect terminology, so apologies to you and
> Vanguard; you might look at his latest reply. I can't blame him for being
> miffed with me for posting here, an IE newsgroup, but here's the thing.
> When
> I wanted to delete the URL list that showed up in the Windows XP Taskbar
> Address window, in *IE* Tools | Options you'd just delete all histories
> and
> the URL list showing in the XP Taskbar Address window would disappear. I'm
> very sure of that. So that's why I posted here; seemed to me that ridding
> myself of such URLs was an IE function. But it sure as heck doesn't work
> that way with 7; I'd never tried it with Vista.
>
> Dan
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Are you referring to the Address Toolbar in WinXP SP3?
>>
>> Restore the Address Toolbar (Deskband) after installing Windows XP SP3
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...alling-xp-sp3/
>>
>>
>> Dan Kap wrote:
>>> Thanks for the reply, Vanguard. You're right; after one of the Windows
>>> XP
>>> updates, the Address Window was no longer available in the Task Bar...