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kittykat16335

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Is personal files shown in IE browser history norm
« on: January 03, 2007, 12:28:41 PM »
Hi, I'm new to this and need some help. I have Windows xp and am using IE7. I've noticed that every file I open on my computer (word,excel,print shop ,etc) is being shown in the IE history as a web page that I visited. I am not using IE to open these files. I have ran AVG antivirus, Norton antivirus, spybot, adaware and counter spy. None of the items that they have found has stopped this. I thought that only pages that you have visited on the web showed up in your IE history. Can anyone tell me why this is happening, can I stop my files from going to the IE history.? Are my files safe? Also  for example if I click on my word file in the IE history I get a box asking "do I want to save this file or open it". Any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

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    Re: Is personal files shown in IE browser history
    « Reply #1 on: January 03, 2007, 02:02:48 PM »
    If you are using active desktop, disable it and go back to the windows default (old style) desktop. Active desktop treats everything like a web page.
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    Re: Is personal files shown in IE browser history
    « Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 03:25:03 PM »
    Nice catch 2K...

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    Re: Is personal files shown in IE browser history
    « Reply #3 on: January 10, 2007, 07:55:43 AM »
    Hi, Thanks for the help. But I'm not running active desktop. This started in December after I got the windows updates. Then I noticed that this was happening and is still happening. I've checked and unchecked alot of things, but its still there.
    Is anyone else experiencing this?