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Type "shell:history" (no quotation marks) in the Start Search box in the
Start Menu, and click on the result.
What is the path (location) of the folder that opens? (In the address bar
of the Explorer window that pops up, right-click the address and choose Copy
Address as Text. Paste it into your reply. For example, C:\Users\(Your
Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History).
In the History folder, what do you see?
"Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4641EF01-D8D1-4D37-B3E9-A3FCAABB40AA@microsoft.com...
> Dear Robert
>
> It sounds as if I suffer from the same problem as Simpleuser. Please see
> my
> posting "IE7 History is blank - Vista User".
>
> By "history" we both mean Crl + Shift + H or the menu you can pull down
> from
> in IE7 which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down next to the
> back/forward arrows and address bar. It is not just the old OS history
> that
> does not appear - it is all the new web pages visited as well. Nothing
> appears period.
>
> I am running IE7 on a Dell notebook which came pre-installed with Vista
> Home
> Premium. I too transferred files and settings to this new machine from my
> old notebook which ran XP and since then the IE7 history is not accessible
> as
> a shortcut to pages previously visited - the list is blank. However,
> History
> files are being stored as I can see them when I go to
> Tool/Options/browsing
> history/View files - they just don't appear in the Ctrl + Shift + H list.
>
> I have checked in the Tools/Internet options/History settings to make sure
> I
> am keeping the history - and I am - for 20 days. I have tried Clear
> History
> Command and RIES but still no history appears.
>
> I am running Dell approved McAfee Security Centre - it comes pre-loaded
>
> None of the soutions offered thus far have worked.
>
> Any more suggestions?
>
> Trawler
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>> (cross-post added to Vista General)
>> "Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CBFA528E-CF5B-475C-B7D6-D7CBB84AB269@microsoft.com...
>> >I have migrated from a PC running XP and IE7 to a new PC running Vista
>> >and
>> > IE7. I used the Easy Transfer software to do this and I have all my
>> > Favourites okay. On my old PC the drop-down History tab worked fine
>> > but now
>> > with Vista this tab is blank.
>>
>>
>> What are you calling the "drop-down History tab"? F4? Ctrl-h?
>> CursorDown?
>>
>>
>> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
>> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to view
>> > the
>> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look in
>> > the
>> > right place.
>>
>>
>> Previously you wrote:
>>
>> <quote>
>> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that looks
>> in
>> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
>> </quote>
>>
>> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has been
>> moved there. FWIW XP's History, even after IE7, remains here:
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\
>>
>> Specifically the implementation of the user's browsing history was to
>> store it in index.dat files under History.IE5 and various other
>> subdirectories to hold browsing history for day of current week or
>> previous
>> weeks. I doubt if that would be transferrable because it would also
>> involve synchronizing entries in the registry. So, if your freeware
>> tool
>> didn't also update the registry appropriately most of the History data
>> would be lost anyway.
>>
>>
>> > So far I haven't succeeded in finding any way of getting IE7 to
>> > look in any specific place.
>>
>>
>> I doubt that that level of customization is available.
>>
>>
>> > I have seen a number of other discussion threads which seem to go round
>> > in
>> > circles with no resolution.
>>
>>
>> Where? AFAIK yours is the first mention of AppData with History
>> in this newsgroup (IE General).
>>
>> Ok. Purely by chance Frank Saunders' post may be confirming that
>> you at least have the directory name right:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&mid=a4722f55-9f46-46c6-9456-a43ca83fbff1&sloc=en-us
>>
>> (web interface search for
>> AppData History
>> )
>>
>> <quote>
>>
>> I will assume this is on Vista.
>> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
>> Files.
>> It is a hidden folder.
>>
>> </quote>
>>
>> That was about the location of the TIF in Vista. (The thread mentioned
>> History.IE5 tangentially.) However, the TIF in XP was also in the
>> same
>> parent subdirectory that I mentioned above so it would perhaps be found
>> there (assuming its not a junction directory, etc.)
>>
>>
>> > Would you please give me some simple
>> > instructions to get IE7 to look in the right place, which as far as I
>> > can
>> > tell from the freeware is the default place. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> I think you should instead concentrate on describing your symptoms.
>> E.g. it is not even clear yet if your History is working normally and the
>> only thing that you think is wrong is that History entries from the
>> previous OS
>> are not being seen. To reinitialize your History you would use the
>> Clear History command or (at an extreme) use RIES (ref. KB923737).
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---
>>
>>
>>
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Hi dean-dean
Thank you for yor response. The resulting path is:
C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
There are no files in this folder. It simply says: "This folder is empty."
Trawler
"dean-dean" wrote:
> Type "shell:history" (no quotation marks) in the Start Search box in the
> Start Menu, and click on the result.
> What is the path (location) of the folder that opens? (In the address bar
> of the Explorer window that pops up, right-click the address and choose Copy
> Address as Text. Paste it into your reply. For example, C:\Users\(Your
> Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History).
>
> In the History folder, what do you see?
>
>
> "Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4641EF01-D8D1-4D37-B3E9-A3FCAABB40AA@microsoft.com...
> > Dear Robert
> >
> > It sounds as if I suffer from the same problem as Simpleuser. Please see
> > my
> > posting "IE7 History is blank - Vista User".
> >
> > By "history" we both mean Crl + Shift + H or the menu you can pull down
> > from
> > in IE7 which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down next to the
> > back/forward arrows and address bar. It is not just the old OS history
> > that
> > does not appear - it is all the new web pages visited as well. Nothing
> > appears period.
> >
> > I am running IE7 on a Dell notebook which came pre-installed with Vista
> > Home
> > Premium. I too transferred files and settings to this new machine from my
> > old notebook which ran XP and since then the IE7 history is not accessible
> > as
> > a shortcut to pages previously visited - the list is blank. However,
> > History
> > files are being stored as I can see them when I go to
> > Tool/Options/browsing
> > history/View files - they just don't appear in the Ctrl + Shift + H list.
> >
> > I have checked in the Tools/Internet options/History settings to make sure
> > I
> > am keeping the history - and I am - for 20 days. I have tried Clear
> > History
> > Command and RIES but still no history appears.
> >
> > I am running Dell approved McAfee Security Centre - it comes pre-loaded
> >
> > None of the soutions offered thus far have worked.
> >
> > Any more suggestions?
> >
> > Trawler
> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >
> >> (cross-post added to Vista General)
> >> "Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CBFA528E-CF5B-475C-B7D6-D7CBB84AB269@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have migrated from a PC running XP and IE7 to a new PC running Vista
> >> >and
> >> > IE7. I used the Easy Transfer software to do this and I have all my
> >> > Favourites okay. On my old PC the drop-down History tab worked fine
> >> > but now
> >> > with Vista this tab is blank.
> >>
> >>
> >> What are you calling the "drop-down History tab"? F4? Ctrl-h?
> >> CursorDown?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
> >> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to view
> >> > the
> >> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look in
> >> > the
> >> > right place.
> >>
> >>
> >> Previously you wrote:
> >>
> >> <quote>
> >> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that looks
> >> in
> >> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
> >> </quote>
> >>
> >> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has been
> >> moved there. FWIW XP's History, even after IE7, remains here:
> >>
> >> %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\
> >>
> >> Specifically the implementation of the user's browsing history was to
> >> store it in index.dat files under History.IE5 and various other
> >> subdirectories to hold browsing history for day of current week or
> >> previous
> >> weeks. I doubt if that would be transferrable because it would also
> >> involve synchronizing entries in the registry. So, if your freeware
> >> tool
> >> didn't also update the registry appropriately most of the History data
> >> would be lost anyway.
> >>
> >>
> >> > So far I haven't succeeded in finding any way of getting IE7 to
> >> > look in any specific place.
> >>
> >>
> >> I doubt that that level of customization is available.
> >>
> >>
> >> > I have seen a number of other discussion threads which seem to go round
> >> > in
> >> > circles with no resolution.
> >>
> >>
> >> Where? AFAIK yours is the first mention of AppData with History
> >> in this newsgroup (IE General).
> >>
> >> Ok. Purely by chance Frank Saunders' post may be confirming that
> >> you at least have the directory name right:
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&mid=a4722f55-9f46-46c6-9456-a43ca83fbff1&sloc=en-us
> >>
> >> (web interface search for
> >> AppData History
> >> )
> >>
> >> <quote>
> >>
> >> I will assume this is on Vista.
> >> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> >> Files.
> >> It is a hidden folder.
> >>
> >> </quote>
> >>
> >> That was about the location of the TIF in Vista. (The thread mentioned
> >> History.IE5 tangentially.) However, the TIF in XP was also in the
> >> same
> >> parent subdirectory that I mentioned above so it would perhaps be found
> >> there (assuming its not a junction directory, etc.)
> >>
> >>
> >> > Would you please give me some simple
> >> > instructions to get IE7 to look in the right place, which as far as I
> >> > can
> >> > tell from the freeware is the default place. Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think you should instead concentrate on describing your symptoms.
> >> E.g. it is not even clear yet if your History is working normally and the
> >> only thing that you think is wrong is that History entries from the
> >> previous OS
> >> are not being seen. To reinitialize your History you would use the
> >> Clear History command or (at an extreme) use RIES (ref. KB923737).
> >>
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Robert Aldwinckle
> >> ---
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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Hi dean-dean
Thanks for the post here is the path I get:
C:\Users\Philip\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\~History
and again the folder is empty.
Hope to hear from you.
--
Hopefully, Simpleuser
"Trawler" wrote:
> Hi dean-dean
>
> Thank you for yor response. The resulting path is:
>
> C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
>
> There are no files in this folder. It simply says: "This folder is empty."
>
> Trawler
>
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
> > Type "shell:history" (no quotation marks) in the Start Search box in the
> > Start Menu, and click on the result.
> > What is the path (location) of the folder that opens? (In the address bar
> > of the Explorer window that pops up, right-click the address and choose Copy
> > Address as Text. Paste it into your reply. For example, C:\Users\(Your
> > Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History).
> >
> > In the History folder, what do you see?
> >
> >
> > "Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4641EF01-D8D1-4D37-B3E9-A3FCAABB40AA@microsoft.com...
> > > Dear Robert
> > >
> > > It sounds as if I suffer from the same problem as Simpleuser. Please see
> > > my
> > > posting "IE7 History is blank - Vista User".
> > >
> > > By "history" we both mean Crl + Shift + H or the menu you can pull down
> > > from
> > > in IE7 which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down next to the
> > > back/forward arrows and address bar. It is not just the old OS history
> > > that
> > > does not appear - it is all the new web pages visited as well. Nothing
> > > appears period.
> > >
> > > I am running IE7 on a Dell notebook which came pre-installed with Vista
> > > Home
> > > Premium. I too transferred files and settings to this new machine from my
> > > old notebook which ran XP and since then the IE7 history is not accessible
> > > as
> > > a shortcut to pages previously visited - the list is blank. However,
> > > History
> > > files are being stored as I can see them when I go to
> > > Tool/Options/browsing
> > > history/View files - they just don't appear in the Ctrl + Shift + H list.
> > >
> > > I have checked in the Tools/Internet options/History settings to make sure
> > > I
> > > am keeping the history - and I am - for 20 days. I have tried Clear
> > > History
> > > Command and RIES but still no history appears.
> > >
> > > I am running Dell approved McAfee Security Centre - it comes pre-loaded
> > >
> > > None of the soutions offered thus far have worked.
> > >
> > > Any more suggestions?
> > >
> > > Trawler
> > > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> > >
> > >> (cross-post added to Vista General)
> > >> "Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:CBFA528E-CF5B-475C-B7D6-D7CBB84AB269@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I have migrated from a PC running XP and IE7 to a new PC running Vista
> > >> >and
> > >> > IE7. I used the Easy Transfer software to do this and I have all my
> > >> > Favourites okay. On my old PC the drop-down History tab worked fine
> > >> > but now
> > >> > with Vista this tab is blank.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> What are you calling the "drop-down History tab"? F4? Ctrl-h?
> > >> CursorDown?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
> > >> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to view
> > >> > the
> > >> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look in
> > >> > the
> > >> > right place.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Previously you wrote:
> > >>
> > >> <quote>
> > >> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that looks
> > >> in
> > >> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
> > >> </quote>
> > >>
> > >> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has been
> > >> moved there. FWIW XP's History, even after IE7, remains here:
> > >>
> > >> %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\
> > >>
> > >> Specifically the implementation of the user's browsing history was to
> > >> store it in index.dat files under History.IE5 and various other
> > >> subdirectories to hold browsing history for day of current week or
> > >> previous
> > >> weeks. I doubt if that would be transferrable because it would also
> > >> involve synchronizing entries in the registry. So, if your freeware
> > >> tool
> > >> didn't also update the registry appropriately most of the History data
> > >> would be lost anyway.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > So far I haven't succeeded in finding any way of getting IE7 to
> > >> > look in any specific place.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I doubt that that level of customization is available.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > I have seen a number of other discussion threads which seem to go round
> > >> > in
> > >> > circles with no resolution.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Where? AFAIK yours is the first mention of AppData with History
> > >> in this newsgroup (IE General).
> > >>
> > >> Ok. Purely by chance Frank Saunders' post may be confirming that
> > >> you at least have the directory name right:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&mid=a4722f55-9f46-46c6-9456-a43ca83fbff1&sloc=en-us
> > >>
> > >> (web interface search for
> > >> AppData History
> > >> )
> > >>
> > >> <quote>
> > >>
> > >> I will assume this is on Vista.
> > >> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> > >> Files.
> > >> It is a hidden folder.
> > >>
> > >> </quote>
> > >>
> > >> That was about the location of the TIF in Vista. (The thread mentioned
> > >> History.IE5 tangentially.) However, the TIF in XP was also in the
> > >> same
> > >> parent subdirectory that I mentioned above so it would perhaps be found
> > >> there (assuming its not a junction directory, etc.)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Would you please give me some simple
> > >> > instructions to get IE7 to look in the right place, which as far as I
> > >> > can
> > >> > tell from the freeware is the default place. Thanks.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I think you should instead concentrate on describing your symptoms.
> > >> E.g. it is not even clear yet if your History is working normally and the
> > >> only thing that you think is wrong is that History entries from the
> > >> previous OS
> > >> are not being seen. To reinitialize your History you would use the
> > >> Clear History command or (at an extreme) use RIES (ref. KB923737).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> HTH
> > >>
> > >> Robert Aldwinckle
> > >> ---
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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Hmmm. Hi Simpleuser. Your situation is slightly different than Trawler's,
if the tilde mark "~" is truly in front of the folder name, i.e., ~History.
In the Registry Editor, go to these keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
In the right pane, under Name, does History have, under Data,
C:\Users\Philip\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History? Or is it
C:\Users\Philip\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\~History?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
In the right pane, under Name, does History have, under Data,
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\~History?
And, like I asked Trawler, go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\5.0\Cache\Extensible Cache
In the left pane, Expand the Key "Extensible Cache" . You should see one or
more sub-keys that are named MSHistxxxxxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxxxxx is a bunch
of numbers, for example, MSHist012007043020070507.
For now, Select one of those keys that begin with MSHist (try the last one
listed), and, in the left pane, under Name, Select CachePath. Right-click
CachePath, and choose Modify. When the Edit String window pops up,
right-click the box under Value Data, choose Select All, then right-click
and choose Copy. Click on Cancel to close the Edit String window. (Then
you can close Registry Editor). Paste the Value Data into your reply to
this post. For example,
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5\MSHist012007043020070507.
"Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C92A753-FA9A-47F4-9927-13F716C38945@microsoft.com...
> Hi dean-dean
>
> Thanks for the post here is the path I get:
>
> C:\Users\Philip\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\~History
>
> and again the folder is empty.
>
> Hope to hear from you.
> --
> Hopefully, Simpleuser
>
>
> "Trawler" wrote:
>
>> Hi dean-dean
>>
>> Thank you for yor response. The resulting path is:
>>
>> C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
>>
>> There are no files in this folder. It simply says: "This folder is
>> empty."
>>
>> Trawler
>>
>>
>> "dean-dean" wrote:
>>
>> > Type "shell:history" (no quotation marks) in the Start Search box in
>> > the
>> > Start Menu, and click on the result.
>> > What is the path (location) of the folder that opens? (In the address
>> > bar
>> > of the Explorer window that pops up, right-click the address and choose
>> > Copy
>> > Address as Text. Paste it into your reply. For example,
>> > C:\Users\(Your
>> > Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History).
>> >
>> > In the History folder, what do you see?
>> >
>> >
>> > "Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:4641EF01-D8D1-4D37-B3E9-A3FCAABB40AA@microsoft.com...
>> > > Dear Robert
>> > >
>> > > It sounds as if I suffer from the same problem as Simpleuser. Please
>> > > see
>> > > my
>> > > posting "IE7 History is blank - Vista User".
>> > >
>> > > By "history" we both mean Crl + Shift + H or the menu you can pull
>> > > down
>> > > from
>> > > in IE7 which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down next to the
>> > > back/forward arrows and address bar. It is not just the old OS
>> > > history
>> > > that
>> > > does not appear - it is all the new web pages visited as well.
>> > > Nothing
>> > > appears period.
>> > >
>> > > I am running IE7 on a Dell notebook which came pre-installed with
>> > > Vista
>> > > Home
>> > > Premium. I too transferred files and settings to this new machine
>> > > from my
>> > > old notebook which ran XP and since then the IE7 history is not
>> > > accessible
>> > > as
>> > > a shortcut to pages previously visited - the list is blank. However,
>> > > History
>> > > files are being stored as I can see them when I go to
>> > > Tool/Options/browsing
>> > > history/View files - they just don't appear in the Ctrl + Shift + H
>> > > list.
>> > >
>> > > I have checked in the Tools/Internet options/History settings to make
>> > > sure
>> > > I
>> > > am keeping the history - and I am - for 20 days. I have tried Clear
>> > > History
>> > > Command and RIES but still no history appears.
>> > >
>> > > I am running Dell approved McAfee Security Centre - it comes
>> > > pre-loaded
>> > >
>> > > None of the soutions offered thus far have worked.
>> > >
>> > > Any more suggestions?
>> > >
>> > > Trawler
>> > > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> (cross-post added to Vista General)
>> > >> "Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:CBFA528E-CF5B-475C-B7D6-D7CBB84AB269@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >I have migrated from a PC running XP and IE7 to a new PC running
>> > >> >Vista
>> > >> >and
>> > >> > IE7. I used the Easy Transfer software to do this and I have all
>> > >> > my
>> > >> > Favourites okay. On my old PC the drop-down History tab worked
>> > >> > fine
>> > >> > but now
>> > >> > with Vista this tab is blank.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> What are you calling the "drop-down History tab"? F4? Ctrl-h?
>> > >> CursorDown?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
>> > >> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to
>> > >> > view
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look
>> > >> > in
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > right place.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Previously you wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> <quote>
>> > >> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that
>> > >> looks
>> > >> in
>> > >> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
>> > >> </quote>
>> > >>
>> > >> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has
>> > >> been
>> > >> moved there. FWIW XP's History, even after IE7, remains here:
>> > >>
>> > >> %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\
>> > >>
>> > >> Specifically the implementation of the user's browsing history was
>> > >> to
>> > >> store it in index.dat files under History.IE5 and various other
>> > >> subdirectories to hold browsing history for day of current week or
>> > >> previous
>> > >> weeks. I doubt if that would be transferrable because it would
>> > >> also
>> > >> involve synchronizing entries in the registry. So, if your
>> > >> freeware
>> > >> tool
>> > >> didn't also update the registry appropriately most of the History
>> > >> data
>> > >> would be lost anyway.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > So far I haven't succeeded in finding any way of getting IE7 to
>> > >> > look in any specific place.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> I doubt that that level of customization is available.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > I have seen a number of other discussion threads which seem to go
>> > >> > round
>> > >> > in
>> > >> > circles with no resolution.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Where? AFAIK yours is the first mention of AppData with History
>> > >> in this newsgroup (IE General).
>> > >>
>> > >> Ok. Purely by chance Frank Saunders' post may be confirming that
>> > >> you at least have the directory name right:
>> > >>
>> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&mid=a4722f55-9f46-46c6-9456-a43ca83fbff1&sloc=en-us
>> > >>
>> > >> (web interface search for
>> > >> AppData History
>> > >> )
>> > >>
>> > >> <quote>
>> > >>
>> > >> I will assume this is on Vista.
>> > >> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
>> > >> Internet
>> > >> Files.
>> > >> It is a hidden folder.
>> > >>
>> > >> </quote>
>> > >>
>> > >> That was about the location of the TIF in Vista. (The thread
>> > >> mentioned
>> > >> History.IE5 tangentially.) However, the TIF in XP was also in
>> > >> the
>> > >> same
>> > >> parent subdirectory that I mentioned above so it would perhaps be
>> > >> found
>> > >> there (assuming its not a junction directory, etc.)
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > Would you please give me some simple
>> > >> > instructions to get IE7 to look in the right place, which as far
>> > >> > as I
>> > >> > can
>> > >> > tell from the freeware is the default place. Thanks.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> I think you should instead concentrate on describing your symptoms.
>> > >> E.g. it is not even clear yet if your History is working normally
>> > >> and the
>> > >> only thing that you think is wrong is that History entries from the
>> > >> previous OS
>> > >> are not being seen. To reinitialize your History you would use the
>> > >> Clear History command or (at an extreme) use RIES (ref.
>> > >> KB923737).
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> HTH
>> > >>
>> > >> Robert Aldwinckle
>> > >> ---
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
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Robert,
Yes, I did manage to find the entire thread using IE shortly after my last
response to Simpleuser . Basically, as the "disappearing History pane" has
happened to me two times over the course of testing several Beta versions of
Vista, and once with Vista RTM. (All occurring when installing notebook
utility drivers from Sony for my laptop. But it didn't necessarily happen
consistently, and not always from the same driver installation. I'm at a
loss as to why this happened, but, in general, it only happedened at an
installation. My only theory on that is Vista's use of Junctions, and that
some re-direction point went awry. Why the History folder, I don't know.
They were Installshield installations). In my case, each time, my History
folder was moved to the user Temp folder. That alone, is not necessarily a
problem, if the registry knows where to find it, and the History folder has
its appropriate desktop.ini's, both for History and its subfolder
History.IE5.
I've recently discovered, though, that when the History folder is moved, or
re-created (as I think is the case for Simpleuser), Vista has, basically, a
bug. Previous Windows OS's will automatically create a new History folder,
if one is not to be found at logon, and Vista does this as well, putting the
shell folder in the location specified in the registry, and recreating the
indices and desktop.ini's automatically. This week, to make sure my ducks
were in a row, and review a course of action, I purposely deleted my Vista
History folder while operating Windows XP, having a dual boot setup on my
computer. Alternately, I deleted XP's History folder when logged on to
Vista.
Booting back into XP after History's deletion, the folder was re-created, as
expected. Internet Explorer in XP had no problem showing the contents of
the History pane. It did have two invalid markers, when viewed by Date.
Clicking on those markers, being referenced by the registry's Extensible
Cache entries, showed nothing, of course, since their index.dat's were gone,
but could easily be deleted by right-clicking on them. That got the
Extensible Cache data up to speed.
Booting into Vista after History's deletion, however, showed a different
story. And herein lies the problem. Vista did indeed re-create the History
folder, in the default, user location. Using Command Prompt's dir function,
I saw that all necessary indices, History.IE5, and desktop.ini's were there
also. In other words, a carbon copy of XP's History folders' and files'
names. But no items were in the History pane in IE7. It was completely
blank. Navigating to History using Explorer, I noticed the folder was not
displaying the special icon. I opened History, but it did not have the
special History "Time Period" column view, but rather the characteristics of
a normal folder, showing the hidden History.IE5 folder, etc. Then I opened
the desktop.ini, and Notepad showed it as completely blank, which jarred my
memory as to how I had (finally) repaired History previously.
Previously, I had two copies of a History folder when the device
installations went afoul. The old one in the default path, and the new one
in my Temp folder. IE7 was referencing the one in my temp folder, because
that was the new location, as per registry entry. IE7 had no History pane
items though. To fix it, I edited the registry to reference the default
location, since that History folder was sound. It was only after this
week's experiment that I discovered why newly auto-created History folders
don't show the History pane in IE7. For some reason, the desktop.ini for
the History folder, while having its system and hidden attributes, has no
data. This is why new creations of the History folder in Vista don't work,
at least from IE7's vantage.
In Simpleuser's case, I suspect you are right. During some transfer of his
old history data, a new History folder was created because of a name
conflict. The new path was put in his registry. I'm hoping the "real"
History folder is there. Hence my solution for his particular problem: if
it's there, Simpleuser is probably home free by changing the path in the
registry. If it's not there, Vista has to create one, adding one more step
to fixing his problem, because of the blank desktop.ini bug (which, no
doubt, is causing ~History not to work as well). My resolution for
Simpleuser also included thoughts on the use of the tilde character in a
folder name. Vista doesn't like certain characters in folder names, when
referenced by the registry by certain functions (aspects of the bug are
still there, actually). This was an on-going bug discussion during the
Betas. I don't know if the tilde is one of those character's, or has
anything to do with anything, but to put Simpleuser on sound, default
ground, was another factor in my decision to move the folder, via registry,
back to the default (also, in light of the latest problems with Vista and
the IE7 Cumulative Update, e.g., not having the Temporary Internet Files in
its default path being one issue, it may be the best having things as their
defaults). Simpleuser's ability to see his history using a 3rd Party
utility is based on the fact that the index.dat(s) is being updated
normally, and the utility is finding it, via registry path, and reading it.
It's unlikely the path would be hard-coded in the application, since History
is a user shell folder, with all kind of possibilities for a path. The fact
that Simpleuser has no Extensible Cache content for History.IE5 in the
registry, and apparently never has, may indicate a double desktop.ini
problem, or a tilde problem. A re-build or a return seemed the best idea.
In Trawler's case, I suspect the installation of a program, where the
installer executable was not entirely geared to Vista, is the cause of his
History problem, and probably not an on-going function of any program. His
History folder path is the default one, as per User Shell Folder, at least.
(I think though, that it must have been moved "temporarily", but moved back
by the demands of the registry, after logging off and back on). Too, his
Extensible Cache sub-keys may be showing something else. I'm curious to
know what. In Beta versions of Vista, like the TIF folder, you actually had
the choice to move the History folder, via the folder's Properties dialog.
Curiously, it split History into two locations, leaving part of the History
folder you were trying to move where it was, but moving the Extensible Cache
(History.IE5).... That option is no longer available in RTM. Probably just
as well. I tried to use that function to repair one of my Beta History
mishaps, trying both Move and then Restore Default; neither worked. Now I
Know why. The solution for Trawler's problem, should he report back, may be
quite simple, with a Copy and Paste of a desktop.ini (and possibly an attrib
using command prompt). Or the solution could be tricky, but do-able,
depending on what else might be missing in his History folder. As an aside,
I noticed, too, that the content of the desktop.ini in Vista is slightly
different than the one in XP.
At any rate, both posters have blank or missing desktop.ini's, as evidenced
by the fact the they got "This folder is empty", rather than the special
History view, when running the shell:history command. Had Explorer been set
to show hidden and protected system files, of course, they may have seen
something more.
I did report the bug to Microsoft, but I'm not sitting by the phone :-)
I don't think RIES will re-create the History folder; regarding History, it
only deletes the user's history data, from what documentation I could find.
"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
news:uvsCi$xlHHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OBP%23AGklHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hmmm. Hi Simpleuser. Your situation is slightly different than
>> Trawler's,
>> if the tilde mark "~" is truly in front of the folder name, i.e.,
>> ~History.
>
>
> dean-dean,
>
> Except for Trawler's disclosure about McAfee as a possible factor
> these are probably two *completely* different cases. (SimpleUser (OP)
> hasn't disclosed any information about AV or security package,
> e.g. as potential sources of interference with the History folder.)
>
> Unless SimpleUser has done something else we are not aware of
> the odd name and location could be due to the uncertain changes
> some unspecified software which was used to somehow "import"
> the History during an upgrade to Vista:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&query=simpleuser&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&p=1&tid=cbfa528e-cf5b-475c-b7d6-d7cbb84ab269&mid=cbfa528e-cf5b-475c-b7d6-d7cbb84ab269
>
>
> BTW notice that in the reply the quote marks were misused
> so you will have to click on the "Click to show or hide original message
> or reply text." link to see these comments and more:
>
> <quote>
>> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
>> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to view
>> > the
>> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look in
>> > the
>> > right place.
>>
>>
>> Previously you wrote:
>>
>> <quote>
>> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that looks
>> in
>> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
>> </quote>
>>>> That is the directory the freeware looks in and is the location IE7
>>>> is putting my browsing history as I can see it is updated - but it
>>>> doesn't
>>>> use it to display the history.
>> That
>> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has been
>> moved there.
> </quote>
>
> The information that I quoted inside that quote was from an earlier
> unanswered post by the same user.
>
> news:8D1F9C90-5A2B-413E-8ADB-F72A7058B4F7@microsoft.com
> Subject: Absent History
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:44:00 -0700
>
>
> What isn't clear is whether the History which was being viewed there is
> current
> or old. I suspect it is old but who knows? I suggested that RIES be
> used
> to start over but we aren't told if that was tried either...
>
>
> FYI
>
> Robert
> ---
>
> (see web version for rest of thread in order.)
>
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Hi Trawler, this will take a little detective work.
In the Registry Editor, go to these keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
In the right pane, under Name, does History have, under Data,
C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
In the right pane, under Name, does History have, under Data,
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\5.0\Cache\Extensible Cache
In the left pane, Expand the Key "Extensible Cache" . You should see one or
more sub-keys that are named MSHistxxxxxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxxxxx is a bunch
of numbers, for example, MSHist012007043020070507.
For now, Select one of those keys that begin with MSHist (try the last one
listed), and, in the left pane, under Name, Select CachePath. Right-click
CachePath, and choose Modify. When the Edit String window pops up,
right-click the box under Value Data, choose Select All, then right-click
and choose Copy. Click on Cancel to close the Edit String window. (Then
you can close Registry Editor). Paste the Value Data into your reply to
this post. For example,
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5\MSHist012007043020070507.
"Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8294C417-5BB8-4E85-B955-683C3CC39121@microsoft.com...
> Hi dean-dean
>
> Thank you for yor response. The resulting path is:
>
> C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
>
> There are no files in this folder. It simply says: "This folder is
> empty."
>
> Trawler
>
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> Type "shell:history" (no quotation marks) in the Start Search box in the
>> Start Menu, and click on the result.
>> What is the path (location) of the folder that opens? (In the address
>> bar
>> of the Explorer window that pops up, right-click the address and choose
>> Copy
>> Address as Text. Paste it into your reply. For example, C:\Users\(Your
>> Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History).
>>
>> In the History folder, what do you see?
>>
>>
>> "Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4641EF01-D8D1-4D37-B3E9-A3FCAABB40AA@microsoft.com...
>> > Dear Robert
>> >
>> > It sounds as if I suffer from the same problem as Simpleuser. Please
>> > see
>> > my
>> > posting "IE7 History is blank - Vista User".
>> >
>> > By "history" we both mean Crl + Shift + H or the menu you can pull down
>> > from
>> > in IE7 which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down next to the
>> > back/forward arrows and address bar. It is not just the old OS history
>> > that
>> > does not appear - it is all the new web pages visited as well. Nothing
>> > appears period.
>> >
>> > I am running IE7 on a Dell notebook which came pre-installed with Vista
>> > Home
>> > Premium. I too transferred files and settings to this new machine from
>> > my
>> > old notebook which ran XP and since then the IE7 history is not
>> > accessible
>> > as
>> > a shortcut to pages previously visited - the list is blank. However,
>> > History
>> > files are being stored as I can see them when I go to
>> > Tool/Options/browsing
>> > history/View files - they just don't appear in the Ctrl + Shift + H
>> > list.
>> >
>> > I have checked in the Tools/Internet options/History settings to make
>> > sure
>> > I
>> > am keeping the history - and I am - for 20 days. I have tried Clear
>> > History
>> > Command and RIES but still no history appears.
>> >
>> > I am running Dell approved McAfee Security Centre - it comes pre-loaded
>> >
>> > None of the soutions offered thus far have worked.
>> >
>> > Any more suggestions?
>> >
>> > Trawler
>> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>> >
>> >> (cross-post added to Vista General)
>> >> "Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CBFA528E-CF5B-475C-B7D6-D7CBB84AB269@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have migrated from a PC running XP and IE7 to a new PC running
>> >> >Vista
>> >> >and
>> >> > IE7. I used the Easy Transfer software to do this and I have all my
>> >> > Favourites okay. On my old PC the drop-down History tab worked fine
>> >> > but now
>> >> > with Vista this tab is blank.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What are you calling the "drop-down History tab"? F4? Ctrl-h?
>> >> CursorDown?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
>> >> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to
>> >> > view
>> >> > the
>> >> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look in
>> >> > the
>> >> > right place.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Previously you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> <quote>
>> >> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that
>> >> looks
>> >> in
>> >> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
>> >> </quote>
>> >>
>> >> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has
>> >> been
>> >> moved there. FWIW XP's History, even after IE7, remains here:
>> >>
>> >> %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\
>> >>
>> >> Specifically the implementation of the user's browsing history was to
>> >> store it in index.dat files under History.IE5 and various other
>> >> subdirectories to hold browsing history for day of current week or
>> >> previous
>> >> weeks. I doubt if that would be transferrable because it would also
>> >> involve synchronizing entries in the registry. So, if your freeware
>> >> tool
>> >> didn't also update the registry appropriately most of the History data
>> >> would be lost anyway.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > So far I haven't succeeded in finding any way of getting IE7 to
>> >> > look in any specific place.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I doubt that that level of customization is available.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I have seen a number of other discussion threads which seem to go
>> >> > round
>> >> > in
>> >> > circles with no resolution.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Where? AFAIK yours is the first mention of AppData with History
>> >> in this newsgroup (IE General).
>> >>
>> >> Ok. Purely by chance Frank Saunders' post may be confirming that
>> >> you at least have the directory name right:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&mid=a4722f55-9f46-46c6-9456-a43ca83fbff1&sloc=en-us
>> >>
>> >> (web interface search for
>> >> AppData History
>> >> )
>> >>
>> >> <quote>
>> >>
>> >> I will assume this is on Vista.
>> >> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
>> >> Files.
>> >> It is a hidden folder.
>> >>
>> >> </quote>
>> >>
>> >> That was about the location of the TIF in Vista. (The thread
>> >> mentioned
>> >> History.IE5 tangentially.) However, the TIF in XP was also in
>> >> the
>> >> same
>> >> parent subdirectory that I mentioned above so it would perhaps be
>> >> found
>> >> there (assuming its not a junction directory, etc.)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Would you please give me some simple
>> >> > instructions to get IE7 to look in the right place, which as far as
>> >> > I
>> >> > can
>> >> > tell from the freeware is the default place. Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think you should instead concentrate on describing your symptoms.
>> >> E.g. it is not even clear yet if your History is working normally and
>> >> the
>> >> only thing that you think is wrong is that History entries from the
>> >> previous OS
>> >> are not being seen. To reinitialize your History you would use the
>> >> Clear History command or (at an extreme) use RIES (ref.
>> >> KB923737).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> HTH
>> >>
>> >> Robert Aldwinckle
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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Hi dean-dean
Hope I am not confusing things as I started this thread but it has been
taken up by a user with similar problems - but possible different. I never
got a resonse to my post and still have an issue to resolve.
Here goes - the first two regedit checks came to the path you describe -
using my name but ending in ~History.
The third check did not end as you expected as the "Extensible Cache" folder
contains two further folders "feedplat" and "UserData". Neither of these
appears to contain either of the sub-keys you have described so I await your
instructions.
Many thanks.
--
Hopefully - Simpleuser
"dean-dean" wrote:
> Hi Trawler, this will take a little detective work.
>
> In the Registry Editor, go to these keys:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
> Folders
> In the right pane, under Name, does History have, under Data,
> C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History?
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders
> In the right pane, under Name, does History have, under Data,
> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History?
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\5.0\Cache\Extensible Cache
> In the left pane, Expand the Key "Extensible Cache" . You should see one or
> more sub-keys that are named MSHistxxxxxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxxxxx is a bunch
> of numbers, for example, MSHist012007043020070507.
>
> For now, Select one of those keys that begin with MSHist (try the last one
> listed), and, in the left pane, under Name, Select CachePath. Right-click
> CachePath, and choose Modify. When the Edit String window pops up,
> right-click the box under Value Data, choose Select All, then right-click
> and choose Copy. Click on Cancel to close the Edit String window. (Then
> you can close Registry Editor). Paste the Value Data into your reply to
> this post. For example,
> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5\MSHist012007043020070507.
>
>
> "Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8294C417-5BB8-4E85-B955-683C3CC39121@microsoft.com...
> > Hi dean-dean
> >
> > Thank you for yor response. The resulting path is:
> >
> > C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
> >
> > There are no files in this folder. It simply says: "This folder is
> > empty."
> >
> > Trawler
> >
> >
> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >
> >> Type "shell:history" (no quotation marks) in the Start Search box in the
> >> Start Menu, and click on the result.
> >> What is the path (location) of the folder that opens? (In the address
> >> bar
> >> of the Explorer window that pops up, right-click the address and choose
> >> Copy
> >> Address as Text. Paste it into your reply. For example, C:\Users\(Your
> >> Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History).
> >>
> >> In the History folder, what do you see?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Trawler" <Trawler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:4641EF01-D8D1-4D37-B3E9-A3FCAABB40AA@microsoft.com...
> >> > Dear Robert
> >> >
> >> > It sounds as if I suffer from the same problem as Simpleuser. Please
> >> > see
> >> > my
> >> > posting "IE7 History is blank - Vista User".
> >> >
> >> > By "history" we both mean Crl + Shift + H or the menu you can pull down
> >> > from
> >> > in IE7 which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down next to the
> >> > back/forward arrows and address bar. It is not just the old OS history
> >> > that
> >> > does not appear - it is all the new web pages visited as well. Nothing
> >> > appears period.
> >> >
> >> > I am running IE7 on a Dell notebook which came pre-installed with Vista
> >> > Home
> >> > Premium. I too transferred files and settings to this new machine from
> >> > my
> >> > old notebook which ran XP and since then the IE7 history is not
> >> > accessible
> >> > as
> >> > a shortcut to pages previously visited - the list is blank. However,
> >> > History
> >> > files are being stored as I can see them when I go to
> >> > Tool/Options/browsing
> >> > history/View files - they just don't appear in the Ctrl + Shift + H
> >> > list.
> >> >
> >> > I have checked in the Tools/Internet options/History settings to make
> >> > sure
> >> > I
> >> > am keeping the history - and I am - for 20 days. I have tried Clear
> >> > History
> >> > Command and RIES but still no history appears.
> >> >
> >> > I am running Dell approved McAfee Security Centre - it comes pre-loaded
> >> >
> >> > None of the soutions offered thus far have worked.
> >> >
> >> > Any more suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > Trawler
> >> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> (cross-post added to Vista General)
> >> >> "Simpleuser" <Simpleuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:CBFA528E-CF5B-475C-B7D6-D7CBB84AB269@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I have migrated from a PC running XP and IE7 to a new PC running
> >> >> >Vista
> >> >> >and
> >> >> > IE7. I used the Easy Transfer software to do this and I have all my
> >> >> > Favourites okay. On my old PC the drop-down History tab worked fine
> >> >> > but now
> >> >> > with Vista this tab is blank.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> What are you calling the "drop-down History tab"? F4? Ctrl-h?
> >> >> CursorDown?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Frustratingly, I know the information is there
> >> >> > because I have downloaded a piece of freeware which allows me to
> >> >> > view
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > history -- and so it appears my problem is in getting IE7 to look in
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > right place.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Previously you wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> <quote>
> >> >> The stuff is there because I have downloded a little utility that
> >> >> looks
> >> >> in
> >> >> C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History shows it.
> >> >> </quote>
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure whether its History has
> >> >> been
> >> >> moved there. FWIW XP's History, even after IE7, remains here:
> >> >>
> >> >> %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\
> >> >>
> >> >> Specifically the implementation of the user's browsing history was to
> >> >> store it in index.dat files under History.IE5 and various other
> >> >> subdirectories to hold browsing history for day of current week or
> >> >> previous
> >> >> weeks. I doubt if that would be transferrable because it would also
> >> >> involve synchronizing entries in the registry. So, if your freeware
> >> >> tool
> >> >> didn't also update the registry appropriately most of the History data
> >> >> would be lost anyway.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > So far I haven't succeeded in finding any way of getting IE7 to
> >> >> > look in any specific place.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I doubt that that level of customization is available.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > I have seen a number of other discussion threads which seem to go
> >> >> > round
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > circles with no resolution.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Where? AFAIK yours is the first mention of AppData with History
> >> >> in this newsgroup (IE General).
> >> >>
> >> >> Ok. Purely by chance Frank Saunders' post may be confirming that
> >> >> you at least have the directory name right:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&mid=a4722f55-9f46-46c6-9456-a43ca83fbff1&sloc=en-us
> >> >>
> >> >> (web interface search for
> >> >> AppData History
> >> >> )
> >> >>
> >> >> <quote>
> >> >>
> >> >> I will assume this is on Vista.
> >> >> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> >> >> Files.
> >> >> It is a hidden folder.
> >> >>
> >> >> </quote>
> >> >>
> >> >> That was about the location of the TIF in Vista. (The thread
> >> >> mentioned
> >> >> History.IE5 tangentially.) However, the TIF in XP was also in
> >> >> the
> >> >> same
> >> >> parent subdirectory that I mentioned above so it would perhaps be
> >> >> found
> >> >> there (assuming its not a junction directory, etc.)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Would you please give me some simple
> >> >> > instructions to get IE7 to look in the right place, which as far as
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > tell from the freeware is the default place. Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I think you should instead concentrate on describing your symptoms.
> >> >> E.g. it is not even clear yet if your History is working normally and
> >> >> the
> >> >> only thing that you think is wrong is that History entries from the
> >> >> previous OS
> >> >> are not being seen. To reinitialize your History you would use the
> >> >> Clear History command or (at an extreme) use RIES (ref.
> >> >> KB923737).
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH
> >> >>
> >> >> Robert Aldwinckle
> >> >> ---
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
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