xp or ie6 ?

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The Internet Explorer Index.dat File in the History Folder May Become Very Large
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=ie600

http://filext.com/faq/article.php?id=027&action=print

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"Husky" <cbminfo@toast.net> wrote in message
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> I think 6 of 1 half dozen of the other.
> I can't use the history button on ie6 since switching to XP from win98. Just
> shows me a bunch of folders in them labeled MSHist012004063020040701. and when
> you expand it all you see is a index.dat file.
>
> The history folder itself also shows an index.dat file.
>
> Is there a way to get this thing back so I can see the links I visited recently
> ?
>
> more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html

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On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 18:46:11 -0400, "Mary Sauer" <gsauer@mycolumbus.rr.com>
wrote:

Seems it fixed itself. I just had a crash reboot and when I fired up IE it said
it wasn't my default browser. and asked me if I wanted to make it that way.
answered yes and voila history is now there.

>The Internet Explorer Index.dat File in the History Folder May Become Very Large
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322916&Product=ie600
>
>http://filext.com/faq/article.php?id=027&action=print

more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html