IE and Auto Complete (IE 6.x)

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Loungers

One of my coworkers is having some trouble with Auto Complete.

1) He has entered a 16-character string, and made a mistake on the 14th character. So we need to replace the Auto Complete entry with the correct one.
2) He has reentered the correct 16-character string, and Auto Complete does not recognize it, I mean Auto Complete still reverts back to the previous incorrect string.

Is the Auto Complete comparison done on only the first x characters, or the whole sting?

How do I correct the auto Complete list, or must I have him reenter the string and start fresh?

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Wassim

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Can you please explain [indent]

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He has reentered the correct 16-character string, and Auto Complete does not recognize it

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[/indent]How much longer than 16 characters is the string that your co-worker is trying to enter?

Can the co-worker not simply Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to enter the full string into the Address Bar? That is generally by far the safest way.

HTH

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Unkamunka

OK here is what was going on…

1) Coworker enters 16 character string, he noticed it was wrong, after he got Auto Complete to register it.
2) He goes again and reenters the CORRECT 16 character string but Auto Complete would revert back to the incorrect one.
3) I came to see what is going on, and I tried the steps my coworker tried, and sure enough it reverted back to the incorrect string.
4) I deleted the entries in Auto Complete, via:
a) Turn off auto complete. That means all checkboxes in the Tools | Internet Options | Content Tab | Auto Complete | are taken off.
Delete all the entries via ‘Clear Forms’ and ‘Clear Passwords’
c) Close all programs, reboot just for the heck of it…
d) Restart and then try again to reenter the string, and IE will return back the incorrect previously presumed to be cleared entry , , you name it, I felt it. I suddenly was at the mercy of the machine.

So I did the process one more time, even after rebooting and turning on and off what really mattered from applets that this guy has, I still got that pesky entry.

I also asked myself if the entries are different, though all the way to the 14th character, why Auto Complete was not picking up the second corrected entry and adding it to the list? Now I thought I needed a , to figure this one out, and I posted my message.

It turned out that, after running Norton SystemWorks, the Windows registry got well how should I put that , what have you…

One guy came in and did some cleaning up, I guess he FDisked and reinstalled from scratch, and now the Auto Complete works as advertised.

Tempted by the I tried to put the wrong 16 character string again, and I then put the correct version, and it accepted both, then I erased the bad one, and we will wait for tomorrow to see if this will be the final solution, or if the user will again type too fast for his own good, and muck things again .

I’ll need to big Thumbtack to keep you posted on this issue, so I’ll just have to ask you to watch for my ever challenging posts again.

With all due respect and admiration, this one is going to be put to sleep. and sorry for maxing on Smilies… I think there ought to be a limit…

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1) Turn OFF the necessary “in-line AutoComplete” in Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab | Browsing. (Un-check the “Use…” box)

2) Begin typing the entry — AutoComplete should drop-down the list of AutoComplete choices.

3) Use the down arrow to high-light the UN-desired entry.

4) Hit the Delete button on your keyboard.

5) Re-activate “in-line AutoComplete” — if this is desired.

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R2

Where is D2?

See my reply to Unkamunka please.

Wassim

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I never knew about the delete trick. I’m very glad I happened to take a look in here. I’ve got tons of mistakenly-entered auto-complete entries that annoy me on a daily basis.

That reminds me of another question I’ve been wondering for years but never got around to asking…
How does one go about deleting all autocomplete data? Is there an easy to delete them similar to how you can delete all cookies simply by deleting all cookie files?

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See 4( in Wassim’s post 285265.

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