Enumerating Microsoft Edge History Programmatically

Question

I used FindFirstUrlCacheEntry/FindNextUrlCacheEntry Win API to get Internet Explorer's history programmatically in C++.

Can you tell me how to get Microsoft Edge History using C++ (Windows API)?

Answer 1

Not possible at this point in time. Might want to use the 'suggestions routes' at some of the links below.

Developer Feedback Home - https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edge-developer

Developer Feedback Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/msedgedev

Feature Suggestions - https://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/category/18985-web-browsing

Healy in Tampa

Answer 2

The history is stored in \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\WebCacheV01.dat. It uses Microsoft’s Extensible Storage Engine to store data. There is a C++ wrapper for accessing Extensible Storage Engine files I've used to access data from this file.

The "Containers" table inside WebCacheV01.dat tells which "Container_X" tables have type of "Content" or "History", as well as the Secure Directories and their order. You can use the ESEDatabaseView utility to view the data inside the WebCacheV01.dat file.