Description
Each time that you type a URL in the address bar or click on a link in Internet Explorer browser, the URL address is automatically added to the history index file. When you type a sequence of characters in the address bar, Internet Explorer automatically suggests you all URLs that begins with characters sequence that you typed (unless AutoComplete feature for Web addresses is turned off). However, Internet Explorer doesn't allow you to view and edit the entire URL list that it stores inside the history file. This utility reads all information from the history file on your computer, and displays the list of all URLs that you have visited in the last few days. It also allows you to select one or more URL addresses, and then remove them from the history file or save them into text, HTML or XML file. In addition, you are allowed to view the visited URL list of other user profiles on your computer, and even access the visited URL list on a remote computer, as long as you have permission to access the history folder.System Requirement
This utility works on any version of Windows operating system with Internet Explorer version 4.00 or greater.Using IEHistoryView
IEHistoryView is provided as standalone executable, so it doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs. Just copy the executable (iehv.exe) to any folder you like, and run it.After you run it, the main window displays the list of all URLs stored in the history file of the current logged on user. If you want to view the history information of other users on your computer, choose the "Select User Profile" from the file menu, and select the desired user profile.
If you want to view the history information of another computer on a network, connect to the desired network drive, and from the File menu, choose "Select History Folder", and select the history folder in the remote drive.
Notice: The Hits Column
Many poeple ask me about the meaning of the Hits column in the History file of Internet Explorer. So here's a small explanation: Generally, the Hits value should display the number of times that you visited the specified URL. However, in many records, you may notice that when you visit the URL, the number of hits grows by more than one. It might grow by 2, 3, 5, or even 15.I don't know the exact "formula" that Microsoft uses to calculate the hits value. This means that you cannot use the Hits column to detemine the exact number of times that you visited a Web site.
Notice: Time Zone
When you use this tool to inspect the IE history of another computer, The time zone settings of Windows (including Daylight saving time) in the computer the runs IEHistoryView must be the same as the time zone settings of the computer that created the history file. That's because the Modified Time in some of the history records is saved in GMT, while the Modified Time in other records is saved in local time, and IEHistoryView has to correct the Modified Time according to the correct time zone.The Typed URLs List
Most URLs that you visit are saved in the History folder. However, Internet Explorer also saves the last 25 URLs that you typed in the following Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLsBy default, IEHistoryView doesn't display the URLs list from the Registry, but you can change this setting by choosing the "Display Typed URLs" option under the View menu. If this option is selected, the URLs list in the Registry are displayed, in addition to the list of all URLs stored in the History folder. You can distinguish between the 2 types of URLs by looking at the 'Hits' column or at the one of the dates columns. As opposed to the URLs extracted from the History folder, The URLs from the Registry doesn't provide any additional information except the URL itself, so the other columns contains 'N/A' string (Not Available).
Be aware that the typed URLs list can only be displayed for your local system. You cannot view the typed URLs list if choose to watch the history data from another computer or from another operating system.
Deleting URLs From The History File
IEHistoryView allows you to delete URL items from the history file and from the typed URLs list in the Registry. In order to that, select the URLs that you want to delete, and press the Del key.Viewing Older History Information
In some circumstances, Internet Explorer saves some older history information in subfolders located under the main history folder. Starting from version 1.20, you can view the history information stored in these subfolders by using the 'Select History Subfolder' option in the File menu.About The History Folder
The location of the history folder is different from one operating system to another.On Windows 98, the history folder is located under your Windows directory. For example: If your Windows 98 is installed under c:\win98, the history folder is c:\win98\history
On Windows 2000/XP, the History folder is located inside "Local Settings" folder of your user profile. For Example: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\History. The "Local Settings" folder is hidden by default, so you won't see this folder unless your system is configured to display hidden files and folders.
In most systems, IEHistoryView automatically identify your current History folder and uses it as default. However, you can always select History folder from another location by using the "Select History Folder" option under the File menu. Be aware that when you watch the History folder from Windows environment, it doesn't show you the real files inside this folder, but instead it displays the history shell extension that provides limited information about the sites you visited.
Command-Line Options
Syntax: iehv [/Action] ["Destination File"] {-Source Type} {"Source"} [/Action] can be one of the following options:|
| Saves the URLs list into a text file specified in ["Destination File"] parameter. |
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| Saves the URLs list into tab-delimited text file specified in ["Destination File"] parameter. |
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| Saves the URLs list into HTML file specified in ["Destination File"] parameter. |
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| Saves the URLs list into vertical HTML file file specified in ["Destination File"] parameter. |
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| Saves the URLs list into tabular text file specified in ["Destination File"] parameter. |
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| Saves the URLs list into xml file specified in ["Destination File"] parameter. |
| /sort <column> |
This command-line option can be used with other save options for sorting by the desired column.
If you don't specify this option, the list is sorted according to the last sort that you made from the user interface.
The <column> parameter can specify the column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, and so on) or
the name of the column, like "URL" and "Modified Date".
You can specify the '~' prefix character (e.g: "~Modified Date") if you want to sort in descending order.
You can put multiple /sort in the command-line if you want to sort by multiple columns.
Examples:
iehv.exe /shtml "f:\temp\iehv.html" /sort 2 /sort ~1 iehv.exe /shtml "f:\temp\iehv.html" /sort "~Modified Date" |
| /nosort | When you specify this command-line option, the list will be saved without any sorting. |
This parameter may contain one of the following values:
| -folder | Loads the URLs list from the folder specified in {"Source"} parameter. |
| -user | Loads the URLs list of the user specified in {"Source"} parameter. |
| -allsubfolders [0 | 1] | Determines whether IEHistoryView should save the history items from all subfolders. 1 = yes, 0 = no. |
| -allprofiles [0 | 1] | Determines whether IEHistoryView should save the history items from all user profiles. 1 = yes, 0 = no. |
| -lastdays [days] | Loads only the history items from the last xx days. |
| -hidefileitems [0 | 1] | Determines whether IEHistoryView should hide the file system history items. 1 = yes, 0 = no. |
| -showtypedurls [0 | 1] | Determines whether IEHistoryView should display the typed URLs list from the Registry. 1 = yes, 0 = no. |
Examples:
iehv -folder "c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\History"
iehv /shtml "c:\temp\urls.html"
iehv /stext "c:\temp\urls.txt" -user admin2
iehv /stext "c:\temp\urls1.txt" -folder "c:\windows\history"
iehv /shtml "c:\temp\urls.html" -allsubfolders 1
iehv /shtml "c:\temp\urls.html" -allsubfolders 1 /sort "URL"
iehv /shtml "c:\temp\urls.html" -allprofiles 1
iehv /shtml "c:\temp\urls.html" -lastdays 7
Translating to other languages
IEHistoryView allows you to easily translate all menus, dialog-boxes, and other strings to other languages.In order to do that, follow the instructions below:
- Run IEHistoryView with /savelangfile parameter:
iehv.exe /savelangfile
A file named iehv_lng.ini will be created in the folder of IEHistoryView utility. - Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
- Translate all menus, dialog-boxes, and string entries to the desired language.
- After you finish the translation, Run IEHistoryView, and all translated
strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run IEHistoryView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.
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