# XP and Explorer Q

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 1, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471 "2003-05-01T20:55:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471/1 "2003-05-01T20:55:27Z")

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I’ve just upgraded from ME to XP (the easiest OS install I have ever done. All hail Bill, for he is the righteous one).

Anyhoo, under ME (and 95 and 98 as well) there was a folder in the windows directory called history. This contained all the websites one had visited in Explorer. I cant find it in XP. Anybody know where it is?

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**Author:** ![db4530](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@db4530](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/db4530)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471/2 "2003-05-01T21:22:57Z")

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On my XP computer, “History” is now a button on the Explorer task bar at the top of the screen when Explorer is open. If pressed, it will open a window to the left of the browser with your history contained therein.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471/3 "2003-05-01T21:26:15Z")

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I think it’s tied to the user now. Look in…

C:\Documents and Settings{your user name}\Local Settings\History

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471/4 "2003-05-01T21:38:03Z")

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The Favorites folder is in the same place as the History one now, too. Just replace History with Favorites in **Why A Duck** ’s address above.

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**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471/5 "2003-05-01T21:56:14Z")

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Much appreciated people. I had looked in the documents and settings folder but couldnt see it. These new fangled computer thingies are fierce confusing 🙂

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-and-explorer-q/172471/6 "2003-05-02T15:59:06Z")

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start:search:files or folders: Input word ‘history’