"Days to Keep Pages in History" Set to 0 Displays Web Sites

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for UNIX on HPUX
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for UNIX on Sun Solaris
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you set the "Days to keep pages in history" setting to 0 (zero) and then click History on the Internet Explorer toolbar, Web sites may be displayed in the History bar.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because setting the value for the "Days to keep pages in history" setting to 0 does not clear Web sites in the History folder until the following day.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, manually delete the information in the History folder:

Internet Explorer 4.x

1. In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the View menu.



2. Click Clear History.



3. Click Yes.



4. Click OK.

Internet Explorer 5

1. In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.



2. Click Clear History.



3. Click OK.



4. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The values 0 and 1 are interpreted as the same value in the "Days to keep pages in history" box. Either of these values results in Web sites being displayed.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbenv kbui msiew95 msient msiew31 msieunix msiew98 
Version           : UNIX:5; WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform          : UNIX WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: April 13, 1999