GO AWAY, URLS--PART 1 OF 2

Many of you want to know how to clear the Location drop-down box of places you've been. URLs appear there only after you've typed or pasted them in yourself, and the list only holds about 15 URLs (so if you ever forget how to do this, you could always type in 15 new, less suspicious entries). There are a couple of methods for clearing the Location line. Here's the first, which appears in the Unofficial Netscape FAQ (http://www.ufaq.com).

First make a backup copy of your prefs.js file. Then, using a text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad (NOT a word processor like Word), browse to c:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\userID\. (If your path is different, follow your own path!) Open the prefs.js file. There you'll see the history listed in this way:

user_pref ("browser.url_history.URL_1", "http://www.tipworld.com/");
user_pref ("browser.url_history.URL_2", "http://www.fileworld.com/");
user_pref ("browser.url_history.URL_3", "http://www.pcworld.com/");

Even though it says you shouldn't edit the file, throw caution to the wind and delete the entries, making sure to delete the ENTIRE line, not just the URL itself. Save the file and restart Navigator.

last updated:Monday, 24. May 1999 09:47:08 -0500