Window Washer for Netscape

Changing Netscape Settings

1. Select the profiles you want washed.

2. Select the wash options.

If you are using an earlier version of Netscape, you only have to select the wash options.

• Click Start, point to Programs, point to Window Washer 5, point to Utilities, and click Washer Netscape Wizard.
  The Netscape Profile Scanner window displays.
  
  
• Click Next.
  The Netscape Profile Scanner scans your computer for profiles you have set up for Netscape. The scan may take a few minutes.
  
  
• When the scan is complete, click Next.
  The Netscape Profile Scanner lists the profiles it found. If you have not set up any profiles, only the default profile will be on the list.
  
  
• Select each profile you want Window Washer to wash.
  A selected profile has a check mark in front of it. The Netscape wash options you select will wash each profile selected here.
  
  To remove a profile from the list, select it and click Remove. This does not delete the profile from your computer. It just removes it from the list of profiles for Window Washer to wash. If you scan your computer again, the profile will be added back to the list.
  
  
• Click OK.
  To display the list of profiles again without scanning for profiles, click Start, point to Programs, point to Window Washer 5, point to Utilities, and click Washer Netscape Profiles.

• Start Window Washer, if it is not already running, and display the main window.



• In the icon panel, click Wash Items.
  The Windows tab displays.
  
  
• Click the Browsers tab.



• Select or deselect the Netscape options you want.
  Click here to see a description of each option.
  Window Washer cannot wash browser-related files if the browser is open when you run a wash. You need to close Netscape for Window Washer to wash the Netscape files.
  
  
  
  Description of each option >>>
  

  Setting	Description
  Location Bar History	This is a list of Web sites that you visited recently that is stored as part of Netscape's Location Bar history. You see this list when you click the arrow on the right side of the Location Bar drop-down list at the top of the Netscape window. This option deletes the list of recently visited Web sites from your computer.
  Form Manager Data	This is a list of information that you entered into forms on any Web sites recently. This information is stored as part of Netscape's Form Manager feature. You see this 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.
  Cookies	These are small files that store information about your interaction with a Web site. That information 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. For more information, see Customizing Cookie Washing.
  Mail Trash	This is a folder where Netscape stores e-mail messages that you view and delete using Netscape. In most cases, when you delete an e-mail message using Netscape, the message is moved to your Trash folder. This option deletes the messages that are in the Trash folder.
  Disk Cache	This is a folder where Netscape 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.
  Preferences	These are the preferences you set in Netscape from the Edit menu. This option deletes any changes you made to the preferences and sets them back to the default settings.
  History (Visited Sites)	This is a list of Web sites that you visited recently. You see this list when you select History from the Go menu or select Tools from the Communicator menu. This option deletes the list of recently visited Web sites from your computer.