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Change default location of Internet Explorer history folder.

This setting lets you change the default location of history folder of Internet Explorer to some other location.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting lets you change the default location of "History" folder of Internet Explorer. History folder keeps the user information like websites visited etc.

This setting enables you to change the default location/path of the "History" folder.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create an expandable string value "History" in "User Shell Folders" key, if this value does not exist.

Now, double-click the Value Name "History" under "User Shell Folders" keys, to define a new path in their Value Data fields for your "History" folder.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

History

Data Type :

REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Enter new path for History folder

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

First, click the 'Start' button and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\], right-click on the Expandable String value "History" and click on "Modify".

Finally enter path to Directory to be Assigned as History in value data and click 'OK' to change location of Internet Explorer history folder .