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| Thread ID: 65337 | 2006-01-15 00:20:00 | Clearing search contents auto complete | Grimy (3041) | Press F1 |
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| 421071 | 2006-01-15 00:20:00 | I'm now cleaning up my old computer before giving it to my sister. Decided to not do a complete reinstall of Windows (ME) as I had some stuff on the computer I wanted left, didn't want to reload software, etc. How do I get rid of the auto complete entries in the search for files and folders box in the search function? I sorted that for IE no problem, but not sure how to in search. Not that I ever had any dodgy files I was looking for!! |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 421072 | 2006-01-15 01:44:00 | Highlight the entries with the cursor and hit delete. Hope thats what your talking about! :rolleyes: |
geek_freak (9524) | ||
| 421073 | 2006-01-15 02:07:00 | I'm not sure about ME, but in XP you can disable autocomplete, then reenable it & it will have deleted the search history | Greven (91) | ||
| 421074 | 2006-01-15 03:14:00 | I had tried highlighting and deleteing. It goes, but is there next time. I cleared the auto complete in IE and thats fine, but can't find the equivalent uncheck box for the search for files box. Graham. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 421075 | 2006-01-15 03:18:00 | Use ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 421076 | 2006-01-15 03:58:00 | I've just found a simple fix on the Internet from 2001. 1/ Open the registry editor 2/ Do a search of the registry for one of the auto complete entries 3/ This brings up a list of auto complete entries 4/ Delete all the entries you want to get rid of. Leave "default" 5/ Auto complete now only brings up the values you've left in (if any) Thanks for your suggestions. Graham. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 421077 | 2006-01-15 06:23:00 | cCleaner should do it. But if not, try this (works for XP) Right click the Start button, go Properties, Customise, Clear, OK. |
Greg (193) | ||
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