To place a History icon in the Start Menu

• Right-click Start button
• Click Open
• Right-click in vacant area of folder where you want icon placed
• Click New, Click Folder
• "New Folder" label for new folder should be highlighted
• Type following name for new folder EXACTLY (cut & paste from here is best)

  History.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}

• Press enter. New Folder icon will be replaced with History icon

To control the number of days of history (default=20days), in IE, click Tools/Internet Options/General and modify the number of days.