Desperately need to delete History from IE8

I've done everything to remove the History of IE, but the entries in the drop box remain the same….. How do I complete remove the History from IE8??

Hi If you have tried the usual steps and remembered to close down completely IE8 as the final step and then reopened IE8 and it hasn't worked, then you may need to use a specialists tool:
Go here:
http://www.piriform.com/
and download Ccleaner
run the clean up using the standard default settings……this may take a while depending on the level of stuff no longer required on your system.When its done close down Ccleaner, and make sure your IE8 is closed down (not just minimised)
Now open IE8 and all your history in the drop down box should be gone.
Post back and let us know how you get on.
By the way don't run any of the other applications in Ccleaner unless specifically instructed to do so…
Regards
paws

Hi Paws and thanks for your reply. I've had Ccleaner for the past year and it doesn't clean up the dropbox History..

I use this myself.
Index.dat Analyzer

Hi as well as the program mentioned by LDTate you could also try :
ATF Cleaner by Atribune
http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=c…5&Itemid=25
and
Clean up by Steven Gould http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?optio…5&Itemid=69
If after running all these you are still having problems then it indicates that your Win XP system is not configured in a standard way, and that we will need to delve a little deeper if you need a resolution.
Regards
paws

When you use CCleaner (get the latest - currently at v2.33.1184), click on Options then Advanced. Uncheck Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 24 hours. Then run it and see what happens.