| Setting |
Description |
| Address Bar History |
This is a list of Web sites that you visited recently that is stored as part of Internet Explorer's AutoComplete feature. You see this list when you click the arrow on the right side of the Address drop-down list at the top of the Internet Explorer window. This option deletes the list of recently visited Web sites from your computer. |
| AutoComplete Form Data |
This is a list of information that you entered into forms on any Web sites recently. This information is stored as part of Internet Explorer's AutoComplete feature. You see this only when you visit a Web site and start entering the same information, for example your e-mail address or password, and the information automatically displays as you start to type. This option deletes the list of recently entered form data from your computer. |
| Bleach Index.dat on Startup |
These are files where Windows stores information about recently used files and visited Web sites. Window Washer washes the index.dat files during a wash, but can only bleach them when you restart your computer. Bleaching the files makes sure that the data cannot be recovered using an undelete or unerase utility. It does this by overwriting the file one or more times with random characters. You control how many times it overwrites the file by setting the Add Bleach to Wash option. |
| Cookies |
These are small files that store information about your interaction with a Web site. Some cookies may just track which ads the site displayed while you were there to make sure the site does not display the same ads. Other cookies may store preferences that you set, passwords you create for the site, information about the pages you visited, and more. This option deletes all cookies from your computer. You can tell Window Washer to keep some cookies by using the Cookie Wizard. |
| Media Bar (Player) History |
This is a list of files that you recently opened using the media player that is part of Internet Explorer. The media player plays audio and video files that you access on Web sites. This option deletes the list of recently opened audio and video files from your computer. |
| Temporary Internet Files Folder |
This is a folder where Internet Explorer stores copies of Web pages that you have visited to make them open faster the next time you visit them. This option deletes the copies of the Web pages from your computer. |
| History (Visited Sites) |
This is a list of Web sites that you visited recently. You see this list when you click History on the Internet Explorer toolbar. This option deletes the list of recently visited Web sites from your computer. |
