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Re: Windows History Files..

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Subject: Re: Windows History Files..
From: Tom Russell <linuxrox at stny dot rr dot com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:14:19 -0500
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So using a zip extraction in code should open the History.IE5 file?

I'll have to try that out.

Thanks for the tips, google wasn't much help...

Fargo Holiday wrote:
> Ok, I finally got a chance to sit down and look at it.
> When you view the History folder, normally an explorer component notes 
> the special folder status and loads the history panel instead of showing 
> you the contents of the actual folder. Copy the history folder someplace 
> else, and you can view its real contents. There's a file called 
> History.IE5, which is just a zipped file, and as I suspected, the 
> index.dat contains the actual history.
>
> So, you should be able to extract that file, and parse it, via 
> <profile>\local settings\history\history.ie5, which _should_ be the 
> actual file. If Windows continues to give you grief about it there may 
> be some other steps you'll need to take.
>
> Good luck,
> Fargo
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