Re: Remove "My Computer" from IE7 history

Hi, all you you have to do is disable the option "store and display recently opened items in the start menu and taskbar", this option is located in the start menu properties.

> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:59 PM needlove wrote:

> Yeah, There is no reason for an internet browser to record your computer
> browsing history. I don't use IE to browse my computer. There needs to be an
> option for this because a browser referrer will possibly make that
> information available to the next website visited.
>
> Just a refreasher...


>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:12 PM Leonard Grey wrote:

>> It may help to know that the definition of a referrer is the URL of the
>> web page a request is coming from. When you click on a link to go to
>> another page, or when the web page itself calls for an image to be
>> displayed, the browser sends the URL of the current web page along with
>> the request.
>>
>> On a search site, in addition to the URL, the text you are searching for
>> is often sent to an advertising agency that sends back a banner ad or
>> just collects demographics.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> needlove wrote:


>>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:42 PM needlove wrote:

>>> I would have to test that theory...meanwhile, how can I remove pages visited
>>> at "My Computer" from Internet Explorer 7 history?


>>>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:43 PM Leonard Grey wrote:

>>>> Right-click, delete.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Leonard Grey
>>>> Errare humanum est
>>>>
>>>> needlove wrote:


>>>>> On Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:00 PM needlove wrote:

>>>>> That works for the current session... but "My Computer" in Internet Explorer
>>>>> 7's History is restored after a reboot. I guess what I'm trying to convey is
>>>>> that I never, ever, ever want to see my computer browsing history in my IE
>>>>> browsing history.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope your not confused. Possibly a registry setting?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is not my first time attempting to deal with this problem. Trying to
>>>>> Google for something relevent to this problem brings up a gaggle of IE
>>>>> history erasers, cleaners, etc... all of which is pure garbage. See, I want
>>>>> to REMOVE "MY COMPUTER" from IE7 history FOREVER.
>>>>>
>>>>> The last I heard on this was that IE7 is integrated in, or, such an integral
>>>>> part of XP that you cannot remove your computer browsing history from IE
>>>>> history.
>>>>>
>>>>> But, I hate to believe that because I like IE7 except for that one flaw.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explorer.exe is the program that is used to navigate "MY COMPUTER" not
>>>>> Internet explorer.exe. See the difference?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know, its confusing, but someday you'll see...maybe
>>>>> "Leonard Grey" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...


>>>>>> On Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:04 PM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>> Why ever not? What harm is it doing you? IE6 does the same if you had not
>>>>>> noticed....


>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:13 PM d wrote:

>>>>>>> "Gordon" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I.E. 6 did not do this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Browser ihstory is for websites. it's not for shared drive information. I
>>>>>>> use shared drives alot both at work and at home. Invariably, I do enough that
>>>>>>> ALL my top websites I visit are no longer visible due to the shared drive
>>>>>>> information that no one ever uses.


>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:49 AM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>> certainly did here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tell MS not to merge IE with the OS then......when you use My Computer, My
>>>>>>>> Documents, Windows Explorer etc AFAIK you are actually using a sub section
>>>>>>>> of IE....


>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:24 AM d wrote:

>>>>>>>>> You are mistaken. This is an addition to Vista/IE7. I.E. 6 doesn't cache any
>>>>>>>>> history unless you use IE 6 to get there. IE7 caches history regardless of
>>>>>>>>> how you access the information.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you Captain Obvious.


>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:36 PM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I certainly am NOT mistaken.


>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:24 PM d wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>> "Gordon" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So you are saying that you can open up my computer, open a shared drive,
>>>>>>>>>>> fire off an MP3, or any other file, then open IE6 and it will show it at the
>>>>>>>>>>> top of the browser history?


>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:51 AM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>> No - it will show FOLDERS browsed in My Computer.


>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:33 PM d wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting. Out of 30 PC's in our test lab, and another 15-20 on the floor,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not a single one of them show this behaviour.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Its strictly an IE7 issue.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:06 AM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "dp" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:B3B00C52-D0AA-439F-B8C8-...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not at all. I have just this SECOND looked at IE6 on my Wife's laptop and in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> History, is an item for My Computer that shows files opened from the local
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machine. Just like mine used to do.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you sure there is not some sort of customization on your machines?


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:47 PM Un Known wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did anybody of you come up with a solution by now? For me it would be sufficient (for privacy reasons) to turn off the complete history forever (browsing and local folders). But turning off history in IE (by setting the time period to "0") still ignores the local folders history. The local folders option on the control panel doesn't offer any option... there must be a way of turning the complete history off (not just delete it once).


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:43 PM D V wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree with the original poster ("needlove") that there needs to be a way to disable the tracking (or at least the displaying) of "My Computer" history in IE7. But my reason isn't for security as much as ease of use, so I don't really care if it is tracked as much as whether it is displayed along with the website history.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Frequently I want to open the history and locate a previous webpage, and the way my memory works, using the "By order visited today" sort works best. But when I have been working all day on my computer the history might include not only scores or even hundreds of websites, but scores or hundreds of files accessed on My Computer (MP3s, JPGs, GIFs, TXTs, DOCs, XLSs, etc., etc., etc.).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is even worse when I need to find something in the history from "Last Week" or earlier, where there might be thousands of webpages from hundreds of websites and thousands of My Computer files lumped together in one list. I know I can use a "By Site" view to reduce the number of items displayed and isolate the My Computer files, but that defeats the purpose of being able to view website URLs in the order visited to find related webpages from different sites (especially websites/pages that I originally found by following links form other websites/pages).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just like "needlove" I use IE7 as a WEB browser, NOT a COMPUTER browser, and I usually don't need or want to see the My Computer history in the IE history list at all. (On the other hand, I wouldn't mind having a FOLDER (not FILE) history in Explorer that doesn't vanish like the Forward/Back drop down history does as soon as I take a different path... but that's another much less important issue.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know of a way to disable the inclusion of My Computer history in the IE history list???


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:41 PM Nidhi Agarwal wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree with you and understand your problem completely.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a new issue with Vista/ Windows 7 IE7 or 8.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you have a solution yet where you can disable my computer showing up in Internet Explorer?


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:45 PM D V wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Nidhi Agarwal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was surprised to get a reply to this old thread, and maybe you're replying to the whole thread and not specifically to me. But I got a notification of your reply as if it was to my post, so I'll reply.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've pretty much given up on IE in favor of several other browsers that allow more flexibility in setting them up to work the way I want and do a better job with keeping track of individual tab history (and being able to re-open the browser with all the tabs and individual tab history intact), multiple browser sessions, etc. (most notably Opera & K-Meleon, both of which I started using heavily around the time of my previous post). I also use Firefox, Google Chrome, SRWare Iron, and occasionally Safari, each of which has some useful features/advantages for various purposes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I only use IE out of absolute necessity with a few sites that only work properly with IE (IE compliant instead of web standards compliant), or occasionally with Orbit Downloader which has some features that are specific to IE.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So if there is a way to disable "My Computer" history in IE, I would still like to know, but this was just one of many issues that were frustrating with IE, and now I use it so little, it hardly matters. (BTW, it isn't just with Vista/Win7, as I'm still using IE7 on XPsp3 and get the computer history mixed in with the browser history.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good luck in finding a solution, and please post back if you find one.


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"john martin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi, all you you have to do is disable the option "store and display
> recently opened items in the start menu and taskbar", this option is
> located in the start menu properties.
>

The most recent post on this was 2007. There's no reason to pull a 3+-year
old post out of retirement and Reply to it.

Thanks anyways Martin!!!

> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:59 PM needlove wrote:

> Yeah, There is no reason for an internet browser to record your computer
> browsing history. I don't use IE to browse my computer. There needs to be an
> option for this because a browser referrer will possibly make that
> information available to the next website visited.
>
> Just a refreasher...


>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:12 PM Leonard Grey wrote:

>> It may help to know that the definition of a referrer is the URL of the
>> web page a request is coming from. When you click on a link to go to
>> another page, or when the web page itself calls for an image to be
>> displayed, the browser sends the URL of the current web page along with
>> the request.
>>
>> On a search site, in addition to the URL, the text you are searching for
>> is often sent to an advertising agency that sends back a banner ad or
>> just collects demographics.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> needlove wrote:


>>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:42 PM needlove wrote:

>>> I would have to test that theory...meanwhile, how can I remove pages visited
>>> at "My Computer" from Internet Explorer 7 history?


>>>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:43 PM Leonard Grey wrote:

>>>> Right-click, delete.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Leonard Grey
>>>> Errare humanum est
>>>>
>>>> needlove wrote:


>>>>> On Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:00 PM needlove wrote:

>>>>> That works for the current session... but "My Computer" in Internet Explorer
>>>>> 7's History is restored after a reboot. I guess what I'm trying to convey is
>>>>> that I never, ever, ever want to see my computer browsing history in my IE
>>>>> browsing history.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope your not confused. Possibly a registry setting?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is not my first time attempting to deal with this problem. Trying to
>>>>> Google for something relevent to this problem brings up a gaggle of IE
>>>>> history erasers, cleaners, etc... all of which is pure garbage. See, I want
>>>>> to REMOVE "MY COMPUTER" from IE7 history FOREVER.
>>>>>
>>>>> The last I heard on this was that IE7 is integrated in, or, such an integral
>>>>> part of XP that you cannot remove your computer browsing history from IE
>>>>> history.
>>>>>
>>>>> But, I hate to believe that because I like IE7 except for that one flaw.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explorer.exe is the program that is used to navigate "MY COMPUTER" not
>>>>> Internet explorer.exe. See the difference?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know, its confusing, but someday you'll see...maybe
>>>>> "Leonard Grey" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...


>>>>>> On Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:04 PM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>> Why ever not? What harm is it doing you? IE6 does the same if you had not
>>>>>> noticed....


>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:13 PM d wrote:

>>>>>>> "Gordon" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I.E. 6 did not do this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Browser ihstory is for websites. it's not for shared drive information. I
>>>>>>> use shared drives alot both at work and at home. Invariably, I do enough that
>>>>>>> ALL my top websites I visit are no longer visible due to the shared drive
>>>>>>> information that no one ever uses.


>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:49 AM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>> certainly did here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tell MS not to merge IE with the OS then......when you use My Computer, My
>>>>>>>> Documents, Windows Explorer etc AFAIK you are actually using a sub section
>>>>>>>> of IE....


>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:24 AM d wrote:

>>>>>>>>> You are mistaken. This is an addition to Vista/IE7. I.E. 6 doesn't cache any
>>>>>>>>> history unless you use IE 6 to get there. IE7 caches history regardless of
>>>>>>>>> how you access the information.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you Captain Obvious.


>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:36 PM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I certainly am NOT mistaken.


>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:24 PM d wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>> "Gordon" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So you are saying that you can open up my computer, open a shared drive,
>>>>>>>>>>> fire off an MP3, or any other file, then open IE6 and it will show it at the
>>>>>>>>>>> top of the browser history?


>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:51 AM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>> No - it will show FOLDERS browsed in My Computer.


>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:33 PM d wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting. Out of 30 PC's in our test lab, and another 15-20 on the floor,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not a single one of them show this behaviour.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Its strictly an IE7 issue.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:06 AM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "dp" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:B3B00C52-D0AA-439F-B8C8-...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not at all. I have just this SECOND looked at IE6 on my Wife's laptop and in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> History, is an item for My Computer that shows files opened from the local
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machine. Just like mine used to do.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you sure there is not some sort of customization on your machines?


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:47 PM Un Known wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did anybody of you come up with a solution by now? For me it would be sufficient (for privacy reasons) to turn off the complete history forever (browsing and local folders). But turning off history in IE (by setting the time period to "0") still ignores the local folders history. The local folders option on the control panel doesn't offer any option... there must be a way of turning the complete history off (not just delete it once).


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:43 PM D V wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree with the original poster ("needlove") that there needs to be a way to disable the tracking (or at least the displaying) of "My Computer" history in IE7. But my reason isn't for security as much as ease of use, so I don't really care if it is tracked as much as whether it is displayed along with the website history.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Frequently I want to open the history and locate a previous webpage, and the way my memory works, using the "By order visited today" sort works best. But when I have been working all day on my computer the history might include not only scores or even hundreds of websites, but scores or hundreds of files accessed on My Computer (MP3s, JPGs, GIFs, TXTs, DOCs, XLSs, etc., etc., etc.).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is even worse when I need to find something in the history from "Last Week" or earlier, where there might be thousands of webpages from hundreds of websites and thousands of My Computer files lumped together in one list. I know I can use a "By Site" view to reduce the number of items displayed and isolate the My Computer files, but that defeats the purpose of being able to view website URLs in the order visited to find related webpages from different sites (especially websites/pages that I originally found by following links form other websites/pages).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just like "needlove" I use IE7 as a WEB browser, NOT a COMPUTER browser, and I usually don't need or want to see the My Computer history in the IE history list at all. (On the other hand, I wouldn't mind having a FOLDER (not FILE) history in Explorer that doesn't vanish like the Forward/Back drop down history does as soon as I take a different path... but that's another much less important issue.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know of a way to disable the inclusion of My Computer history in the IE history list???


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:41 PM Nidhi Agarwal wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree with you and understand your problem completely.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a new issue with Vista/ Windows 7 IE7 or 8.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you have a solution yet where you can disable my computer showing up in Internet Explorer?


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:45 PM D V wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Nidhi Agarwal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was surprised to get a reply to this old thread, and maybe you're replying to the whole thread and not specifically to me. But I got a notification of your reply as if it was to my post, so I'll reply.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've pretty much given up on IE in favor of several other browsers that allow more flexibility in setting them up to work the way I want and do a better job with keeping track of individual tab history (and being able to re-open the browser with all the tabs and individual tab history intact), multiple browser sessions, etc. (most notably Opera & K-Meleon, both of which I started using heavily around the time of my previous post). I also use Firefox, Google Chrome, SRWare Iron, and occasionally Safari, each of which has some useful features/advantages for various purposes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I only use IE out of absolute necessity with a few sites that only work properly with IE (IE compliant instead of web standards compliant), or occasionally with Orbit Downloader which has some features that are specific to IE.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So if there is a way to disable "My Computer" history in IE, I would still like to know, but this was just one of many issues that were frustrating with IE, and now I use it so little, it hardly matters. (BTW, it isn't just with Vista/Win7, as I'm still using IE7 on XPsp3 and get the computer history mixed in with the browser history.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good luck in finding a solution, and please post back if you find one.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:47 PM john martin wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, all you you have to do is disable the option "store and display recently opened items in the start menu and taskbar", this option is located in the start menu properties.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 04, 2010 8:31 PM Jeff Strickland wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The most recent post on this was 2007. There is no reason to pull a 3+-year
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> old post out of retirement and Reply to it.


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