IE History of "today" not showing

Well, different spin on lost history. Have IE7, XP Professional, and can
access my history for the "past" weeks, but not the current "Today." I keep
my history for many months.

I looked in security issues (use AVG); negative.
I looked in Tools, to verify days to keep History and changed the date to
keep hisotry (shorter); still negative.

Any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks.

Hi,
I would not be surprised if keeping history for many months has caused this
problem.

Clear the history and see if it starts working properly.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"pwresq" <pwresq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Well, different spin on lost history. Have IE7, XP Professional, and can
> access my history for the "past" weeks, but not the current "Today." I
keep
> my history for many months.
>
> I looked in security issues (use AVG); negative.
> I looked in Tools, to verify days to keep History and changed the date to
> keep hisotry (shorter); still negative.
>
> Any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply but I don't think that will solve it. I have had many,
many weeks kept in History, and never a problem. I did delete some of the
"past weeks" but that didn't help. Thanks again for the response.
--
Best,

Paul


"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> I would not be surprised if keeping history for many months has caused this
> problem.
>
> Clear the history and see if it starts working properly.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "pwresq" <pwresq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8843B7B0-BB85-4B5C-BD7A-338552CB490D@microsoft.com...
> > Well, different spin on lost history. Have IE7, XP Professional, and can
> > access my history for the "past" weeks, but not the current "Today." I
> keep
> > my history for many months.
> >
> > I looked in security issues (use AVG); negative.
> > I looked in Tools, to verify days to keep History and changed the date to
> > keep hisotry (shorter); still negative.
> >
> > Any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks.
>
>

Hi,
The issue isn't necessarily the size of the History folder, but possible
corruption of the History files or the index.dat file.

If clearing the History didn't resolve this, I would next recommend deleting
the History folder and allowing Windows to create a new one.

Easy method #1:
Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/fre...ory-eraser.htm can usually delete
the History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created
when you restart.

Or the History folder can be deleted manually.
The procedure [Windows XP]
Login as another user with administrator privileges, or from the machine's
default administrator account (startup in safe mode.) Make sure that you can
see hidden and system files (Folder Options> View) then delete the affected
History folder from Windows Explorer. It will be at [C:\Documents and
Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\History] Restart the computer.

315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"pwresq" <pwresq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply but I don't think that will solve it. I have had
many,
> many weeks kept in History, and never a problem. I did delete some of the
> "past weeks" but that didn't help. Thanks again for the response.
> -
> Best,
>
> Paul

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I would not be surprised if keeping history for many months has caused
this
> > problem.
> >
> > Clear the history and see if it starts working properly.

> > "pwresq" <pwresq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8843B7B0-BB85-4B5C-BD7A-338552CB490D@microsoft.com...
> > > Well, different spin on lost history. Have IE7, XP Professional, and
can
> > > access my history for the "past" weeks, but not the current "Today."
I
> > keep
> > > my history for many months.
> > >
> > > I looked in security issues (use AVG); negative.
> > > I looked in Tools, to verify days to keep History and changed the date
to
> > > keep hisotry (shorter); still negative.
> > >
> > > Any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks.