Netscape Drop Down History List.

[Denis F. Kirk]

Peggie,
You can Record (and disable) the URL drop down history with 
WINSelect KIOSK 3.3. As a matter of fact, the software comes 
pre-configured. You can choose the default disabled settings 
and the drop down is then disabled by default.
Denis





At 12:03 PM 6/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm running Netscape Navigator 3.04 on Windows 95 on a public PC.  I've
>fixed my netscape.hst and prefs.js files to read-only, and I have read all
>kinds of tips on clearing the history file after every user.  Now the
>problem is the location bar drop-down history list.  I've seen the Netscape
>Help site for how to clear the pulldown menu, but you have to do this every
>time a user ends, and this is a bit labor-intensive.  I've also viewed their
>"clearing the Netscape history file" site, which clears the netscape.hst
>file but not the pulldown menu.
>
>Apparently even after I take care of netscape.hst and prefs.js, that list is
>still available.  I got clever and tried to "record" it and disable it in
>IKIOSK, but that doesn't work, and it makes the "disabled" message pop up in
>other places as well - like when I start Netscape.
>
>I want to disable that drop-down list so that users can't select sites
>others have typed in (for various reasons).  Any clues??
>
>Peggie Gaughan
>Senior Librarian & local nethead
>
>
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