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Title: Is personal files shown in IE browser history norm
Post by: kittykat16335 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

Title: Re: Is personal files shown in IE browser history
Post by: 2k_dummy 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.

Title: Re: Is personal files shown in IE browser history
Post by: patio on January 04, 2007, 03:25:03 PM

Nice catch 2K...

 ;)

Title: Re: Is personal files shown in IE browser history
Post by: kittykat16335 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?