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WindowsXP Pro,
Would like to hide the “Delete Browsing History”…. from the “Tools” drop down list so that a user cannot delete files from the ensuing dialog box pop-up.

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Jason

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But, then all one needs to do is turn on the History pane in the Favorites Center, and do the deleting from there.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Thanks, never thought ’bout that one. I have hidden the ‘General’ and ‘Security’ tabs from the Tools/Internet Options dialog box without any difficulty. I found that that was the most likely place for the user to go. But now I have two more areas to contend with. Can we go ‘deeper’ to find a way to do this? Both the Tools drop-down and the Favorites History??

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You need to use the Group Policy Editor. Start | Run | gpedit.msc. Then go to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Internet Explorer. In the right pane near the bottom of the list you want to enable “Turn off ‘Delete Browsing History’ funtionality”.

Note: You can do this on a per user basis by enabling the same setting under User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Internet Explorer.

Joe

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Thanks Joe,
This sounds somewhat similar to the path for enable/disable the selected tabs in the Internet Options dialog box.
I’ll give this a try.
Jason

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Ok Joe
This gets me the deletion of the Delete Browsing History option from the ‘Tools’ drop-down list, however, I still have the “History” option in the Favorites Centre drop-down. I see hundreds of choices in the area of Group Policy Editor but I’m unable to determine which one to choose.
Help??
Jason

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Check out the “Disable ‘Configuring History” setting. Its description seems to match what you are asking.

Joe

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Joe,

That did it! At first, was expecting NOT to see the pages at all listed under the ‘View History’ option, however, when I right clicked, lo and behold the choice of “Delete” was not available.
Thanks very much for you help.

Jason

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You’re welcome. Glad it worked. Thanks for posting your results.

Joe

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Now what are you going to about “C:Documents and Settings”User’s Account”Local SettingsHistory”?

From Windows Explorer the History can be deleted?

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Dave/Joe,
This is turning out to be much more than I ever expected! Does it seem like it’s worth the effort?
Here’s MY path to the area that you’re talking about And you’re right -again-. What can we do now?? Help??

Jason

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This is one of those times when you are going to have let go of the control. There are times the is nothing can be done.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Dave,
Thanks! After consideration of Microsoft’s infamous nature of duplicating/triplecating the same items to control the same things, I believe you’re right.
All your help previous well appreciated.
Jason

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