Hello Robert,
I did the reset, the scannow and I attempted to read the desktop.ini file in
the history folder and the *.dat file with notepad but somehow I, the only
user and administrator, don't have access to do this. In fact, in order to
read the contents of the cbs.log file I had to invoke the cmd: prompt,
navigate to that file and only then was i able to read (type) the file. I did
this because after scanning I was informed that certain errors could not be
fixed and I could find that information in the log. Via normal window
navigating, though, I was also accessed permission. Even in command mode I
could not access information in the *.ini or *.dat files in the history
folder I found after running the shell:history command. In fact, I couldn't
even navigate into the app settings from Windows.
I also have 2 versions of IE installed on my computer .. a 32-bit AND a
64-bit, neither of which is available for removing via the control panel. One
thought I had was to remove theses and reinstall one of them to see if that
fixed the problem. I don't recall when the problem started (because I didn't
look), but I have a feeling it's been there all along - I don't recall that
it ever worked on this system.
I am loathe to do a system restore for many reasons (unless perhaps, as in
systems of old, it merely overwrites bad files and keeps everything else
intact).
Any other suggessions before I start using another browser exclusively?
ps I have screenshots of some of the above if it's possible to upload them
anywhere.
"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
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> "Lynne M Bailey" <LynneMBailey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:67C28950-5EAF-40BB-A436-65F7CA3E7506@microsoft.com...
> >I have IE7; Vista Home premium sp1 64-bit and my history files will not
> > display either. however, when I run shell:history there is data there. How
> > can I fix this?
>
>
> See my second response to the OP?
>
> What's in your desktop.ini?
>
>
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> >
> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "CincySteve" <CincySteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:21F6D3A0-48E6-4688-A98C-618806F7EBB9@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi there -
> >> >
> >> > I had used IE 7 for several months, and regularly used the history feature.
> >> > Ever since we installed Exchange -- if I click on "View History" in IE, the
> >> > history is completely blank.
> >>
> >> > The back button works fine in IE.
> >>
> >>
> >> That's something different. The closest thing related to both
> >> would be the History's View By Order Visited Today.
> >>
> >> More relevant to know is what you see if you Run... (e.g. press Win-R
> >> and enter
> >>
> >> shell:History
> >>
> >> Other Vista users have discovered that the desktop.ini file
> >> involved with the display of that special folder can be corrupted
> >> and also that the registry values associated with it may be misdirected.
> >>
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Robert Aldwinckle
> >> ---
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > The number of days to record is set to 20 days, and the folder location
> >> > appears to be exactly what I'd expect it to be. Any thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > I run IE 7.0.6001.18000 on Vista Ultimate 6.0
> >>
> >>
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