address bar problems

i am new to using computors and have only owned mine for
about 2 months. my operating system is windows xp home
and it is a dell 4450 computer. i am trying to find a way
to delete the long list of internet address that appear
when you hit the arrow on the address bar. i have
addresses that i have accidentaly come across and would
really like to know how to delete individual addresses to
shorten the list. please help a.s.a.p. thanks,yellowhaired

Open Internet Explorer and then click on TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS.. the
window that opens has an option to remove HISTORY..

"yellowhaired" wrote in message
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i am new to using computors and have only owned mine for
about 2 months. my operating system is windows xp home
and it is a dell 4450 computer. i am trying to find a way
to delete the long list of internet address that appear
when you hit the arrow on the address bar. i have
addresses that i have accidentaly come across and would
really like to know how to delete individual addresses to
shorten the list. please help a.s.a.p. thanks,yellowhaired

"Suz McClure" wrote in message =
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Open Internet Explorer and then click on TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS.. =
the
window that opens has an option to remove HISTORY..
=20
"yellowhaired" wrote in message
...
i am new to using computors and have only owned mine for
about 2 months. my operating system is windows xp home
and it is a dell 4450 computer. i am trying to find a way
to delete the long list of internet address that appear
when you hit the arrow on the address bar. i have
addresses that i have accidentaly come across and would
really like to know how to delete individual addresses to
shorten the list. please help a.s.a.p. thanks,yellowhaired
=20


Suz,

It is called "Clear History", and he did say that he wanted to remove =
individual addresses.

Anyway yellowhaired, if you want to remove them all, Suz's instructions =
does it, but if you want to remove certain addresses, then click =
start/run, and type (no quotes) "regedit". Then go to this tree;

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

You'll see the list of addresses there and you can delete the ones you =
don't want. Be sure you don't have Internet Explorer opened during this =
or it won't work. As a side note, going into the registry can cause =
problems if you remove or change something other than posted, so do so =
at your own risk.

You think that it is a good idea to send a new user to the Registry and edit
it?..

"John" wrote in message
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"Suz McClure" wrote in message
.. .
Open Internet Explorer and then click on TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS.. the
window that opens has an option to remove HISTORY..

"yellowhaired" wrote in message
...
i am new to using computors and have only owned mine for
about 2 months. my operating system is windows xp home
and it is a dell 4450 computer. i am trying to find a way
to delete the long list of internet address that appear
when you hit the arrow on the address bar. i have
addresses that i have accidentaly come across and would
really like to know how to delete individual addresses to
shorten the list. please help a.s.a.p. thanks,yellowhaired



Suz,

It is called "Clear History", and he did say that he wanted to remove
individual addresses.

Anyway yellowhaired, if you want to remove them all, Suz's instructions does
it, but if you want to remove certain addresses, then click start/run, and
type (no quotes) "regedit". Then go to this tree;

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

You'll see the list of addresses there and you can delete the ones you don't
want. Be sure you don't have Internet Explorer opened during this or it
won't work. As a side note, going into the registry can cause problems if
you remove or change something other than posted, so do so at your own risk.

If you want to delete selected URLs, then run regedit.exe
Goto the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

Delete teh unwanted urls from the right pane.

Sincerely,
Ramesh


"yellowhaired" wrote in message
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i am new to using computors and have only owned mine for
about 2 months. my operating system is windows xp home
and it is a dell 4450 computer. i am trying to find a way
to delete the long list of internet address that appear
when you hit the arrow on the address bar. i have
addresses that i have accidentaly come across and would
really like to know how to delete individual addresses to
shorten the list. please help a.s.a.p. thanks,yellowhaired