where is the history browser?

Answer 1

For IE 8 & 9 it is stored in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Low\History.IE5 and

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5

For IE 10 and 11 it is stored in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WEbCache\WebCacheV*.dat

For Firefox, it depend on your OS. for WinXP Firefox stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<some random text>.default

for Win7+ Firefox stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<some random text>.default

For Chrome it also depends on the OS.

for Win XP, Chrome stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

for Win7+, Chrome stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Obviously the browsers can access these files but users cannot access them directly since the OS locks them upon booting. Special tools are required to read the raw files.

Answer 2

For IE 8 & 9 it is stored in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Low\History.IE5 and

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5

For IE 10 and 11 it is stored in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WEbCache\WebCacheV*.dat

For Firefox, it depend on your OS. for WinXP Firefox stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<some random text>.default

for Win7+ Firefox stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<some random text>.default

For Chrome it also depends on the OS.

for Win XP, Chrome stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

for Win7+, Chrome stores it in

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Obviously the browsers can access these files but users cannot access them directly since the OS locks them upon booting. Special tools are required to read the raw files.