Vista - Clear Items from Search Pull-Down Menu

How do I clear the folder locations from my search box pull-down menu? It's one at the top of the search box. I have already cleared search history in iexplore and forms/password history in the internet options. In order to keep my computer secure, I want to clear the contents of the list that says "search-ms:" so that no one can see what folders I have accessed or made searches in.





Thanks
alanealane

Hi,

If you're referring to the list of folders and locations listed in the
dropdown menu under search, that is actually the IE TypedURLs key in the
registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

Delete unwanted strings from the right pane to remove the reference to
unwanted history.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"alanealane" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!

In case anyone needs to know...

to access this path in the system registry, open the Task Manager and click File, New Task (Run...), and type regedit.

This will open the Registry Editor. Then on the left, follow the path (specified in the forum response above) by clicking on the correct folders.

When you reach the TypedURLs folder, Click on the name of the url you want to delete and press DELETE. You will be asked to confirm this action, and press YES or NO.

THANKS AGAIN TO RICK ROGERS.

alanealane