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"IE5 Weirdness #2: Bogus "AutoComplete/AutoFill" Entries
A lot of people have been bugged by Internet Explorer 5's
"AutoComplete/AutoFill" feature (which appeared in a more
limited form in IE4). The AutoComplete feature opens a
little text box as you type a URL or fill out a web form,
and suggests possible matches from past entries you've made.
Trouble is, it remembers your mistakes too. I filled out a
form once using fred@langa.cpm instead of fred@langa.com,
but IE5 remembered my error forever, offering the bogus
".cpm" version of my email address every time I tried to
enter my real address.
And I know I'm not alone---I've gotten a lot of mail asking
how to clear out bogus entries. Take this note from reader
John Quist:
Hi Fred!
Great job, love your letters and website.
But I have a question, is there anyway to clean
out the history on the searches on IE5? And the
AutoFill feature has some undesirable places and
things trapped in it. I've cleaned out the history
folder and set it to expire after 1 day, and I've
cleaned out the Temporary Files. But nothing I've
tried will clean out the searches that were done
in the past.. Any suggestions?
A thoroughly happy subscriber.--- John
Turns out it's easy. To clear out bad form entries:
1. In IE5, click to Tools/Internet
Options/Content/AutoComplete.
2. You have two choices. You can "Clear Forms" or "Clear
Passwords." This is a good thing because the bogus entries
are unlikely to be valid name/password combinations; you can
clear out the garbage without deleting any saved passwords.
For bad web addresses, it's very similar:
1. Click to Tools/Internet Options/General
2. Click Clear History
If all you want to do is clear out one or two bad entries,
it's even easier: When you see an AutoComplete entry you
wish wasn't on your list, click on the bogus item and then
press the DELETE key." |
