History Folder
In older versions of Windows, the History folder is located in the Local Settings folder, which is in turn under the root user folder. For Windows Vista (and beyond) Internet Explorer 9, since history does not follow the user in a domain, history appears under the local folder in the path: C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History. Under History, you’ll find both History.IE5 and Low\History.IE5. As mentioned in the previous section, the latter is for Internet data resulting from browsing in the protected mode, while the former is from unprotected-mode activity, both local and internet.
The History folder, as the name implies, contains the history of the user’s Internet browsing history. It enables you to go back ...
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