Well I read the guff on those files. Some of it was new to me but the html files in history have always been visible to me and I have been deleting in explorer happily every so often for the space (not that it is an issue for me but... MS ain't gonna see my pecadillo's - no siree) What I do is save html files in my own directory. I read a lot (particularly long threads) off-line so it helps. Sure I could look for the history files but there is a lot of crap I didn't ask for and what day was it? I save only the ones that appeal, but it does mean my posts may be more delayed and what I pontificate on is already old-pontifs but - hey it saves pennies and I get to wipe the history without thinking. Shame about the Mudcat cookie but I have a plan for that - just too lazy to bother.