Reset Visited Status of Links by Site

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(Dec. 26, 2009 04:02 AM)Oddysey Wrote:  Toppy, the cache isn't where one finds the status of links - visted, unvisited, whatever.

Correct. Cache is not where information on status of links is held, not even in Firefox. Both IE and Firefox separate cache and history. Not sure how Opera handles it exactly. I could look but I'm too lazy right now.

(Dec. 26, 2009 04:02 AM)Oddysey Wrote:  It's in the desktop.ini file, but sadly, it's not in plain text that's easily readable.

As far as I know, the index.dat file is where IE history has been stored since version 4.0, not in a desktop.ini file. But maybe I don't know much.

(Dec. 26, 2009 04:02 AM)Oddysey Wrote:  I think whenever's solution is closer, and obviously easier, but it produces the opposite result - all links look like they've never been visited, by any of the users.

True. Using CSS solely to control the link status color is an all or nothing proposition: status changes color or not. Turning it off via CSS could not be controlled per user session.

(Dec. 26, 2009 04:02 AM)Oddysey Wrote:  The best solution is obvious, that is to give everyone taking these classes a separate log-in ID. Unless there's a bunch of money involved, where's the harm in that?

The solution might be different depending on which browser is being used, but the OP didn't specify.

Aside from creating separate login-ins, I think a valid solution for use with FF would be to create a separate profile for running the lynda.com sessions and set the browser to delete ALL browsing data (or especially History) upon exit for this profile. That way, the 'normal' browser profiles / sessions can maintain cache and history, while the specialized training profile / session gets cleared out after each use.

In Firefox, use the profile manager to create the profile, then drop a link on the desktop pointing to the proper profile:

c:\program files\FireFox\firefox.exe -p profile.lynda

Setting the homepage in this profile to lynda.com would be helpful.

For IE, maybe even creating a separate user profile would be worth it. I think IE8 has the ability to clear browser files on exit.

Similar procedures could be achieved with other browsers.

(Dec. 26, 2009 04:02 AM)Oddysey Wrote:  BTW, Toppy is correct about NirSoft, there's a lot of good free stuff there.

Yep.the NirSoft stuff is handy.