How can I access my Internet Explorer history?

Internet Explorer History Merge

• I have saved old Internet Explorer History files (%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5) from previous windows installations, and I would like to know -- How do I merge those old history files in with my current internet explorer history ?

• Answer:

  nhdw, In the lower left-hand corner of your screen, right-click on "Start", Choose "Explore". Find Folder C:\WINDOWS\History, and left-click on it. This should bring up a list of sub folders: ... - 3 weeks ago - 2 weeks ago - Last week - Monday - Tuesday ... - Today Double-click on the oldest sub-folder you see. (For me, that is "3 weeks ago", so I will use that in my example.) This should display all the history sub-folders in that folder. In the lower left-hand corner of your screen, right-click on "Start", Choose "Explore" again. Find the drive/folder where the history that you want to import is located. One by one, double-click on each of these subfolders, and for each subfolder pull down "Edit", choose "Select All", and then right-click on the selected list and choose "Copy" (or pull down "Edit", and choose "Copy". Go back to the other Windows Explorer window where you have "3 weeks ago" open, right-click, and select "Paste". This should start the copy process. If there are quite a lot of links in the folder you are importing, this may take awhile. Just be patient and let it do its thing, as IE and Windows can sometimes call up the "blue screen of death" if asked to do too many cpu- or memory-intensive processes at once. After you have done this for each of the History folders to be imported, you should now have access to them from the History button on the IE toolbar, under "3 weeks ago". Of course, you will want to make sure that your IE "Tools/Internet Options/General" "Days to keep pages in History" option is set to 999 days, so that they don't get lost. A word of Warning: I have found that IE will stop working properly once in awhile if the number of pages in History gets too big, and periodically I have to clear history, or IE will just be dead in the water. If this is the case for you as well, a better method might be to create a folder on your computer called "C:\WINDOWS\History2", and copy your old history files into that folder. You will not be able to access them with the History button on the IE toolbar, but you can use Windows Explorer to open the file, find the page you want, and double-click on it to open it. Before Rating my Answer, if you have any questions or problems, or this doesn't seem to do the trick for you, please post a Request for Clarification, and I will be glad to do what is necessary to get your issue resolved. I hope that this information provides exactly what you needed! Regards, aceresearcher