Mozilla 1.4

[StoneSanford]

I am using Mozilla 1.4, win98.

Could someone tell me how I can:

Clean out my offline web content

delete cookies

clear history ?

I would also be very grateful for any tips on installing, securing, upgrading and using Mozilla.

:confused:

[rraehal]

I do not use Mozilla. I use their firefox browser. To clear the cookies and history I simply need to click the Tools menu, select options, go to the privacy section and click clear on any buttons.

[Ol'Tunzafun]

Go to Edit > Preferences and look in Navigator and Privacy and Security. You will find the options to delete al of those things.
That's how it is in 1.7 anyway. 1.4 should not be that much different.
You should upgrade to 1.7 anyway, or like rraehal suggested, try Firefox. You can have both.

[StoneSanford]

Thanks for posting.

I downloaded and installed Firefox. It seems to be pretty good so far. Can anyone tell me where it stores it's cache files?

Also, do I need to keep Internet Explorer and Mozilla lying around, or can they be deleted?

[CompGeek01]

Mozilla should be able to be uninstalled via the Add/Remove program menu in Windows 98/XP...at least newer versions can. You might just have to delete the program folder. As for IE, it can't really be uninstalled, it's integrated into the operating system. You can remove large chunks of it and even the whole thing if you go through the trouble but you might want to keep it around in case you come across a page that doesn't load properly in Firefox.

[Ol'Tunzafun]

Can anyone tell me where it stores it's cache files?

Do a search of the harddrive for *.default. The cache folder will be in a folder with a name consisting of a random number and a .default extension.

[Ol'Tunzafun]

You can lose Mozilla but you may need IE to access sites requiring ActiveX, like Windows Update and some on-line Antivirus scanning sites. You can get an ActiveX plugin for Firefox, but one of the nicest things about Firefox is that it does not have ActiveX or any of it's associated vulnerabilities and exploits. ;)

[urdvurk]

In Firefox (most likely other Mozilla products too) you can also specify where you want the cache stored:

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_cache