This is how you perform a cleanup of cached files and cookies.
‘To clear offline favorites and download history
objShell.run “RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8”,0,true
‘To clear browsing cookies
objShell.run “RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2”,0,true
‘To clear browsing history
objShell.run “RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1”,0,true
Notes
// This magic value is the combination of the following bitflags:
// #define CLEAR_HISTORY 0x0001 // Clears history
// #define CLEAR_COOKIES 0x0002 // Clears cookies
// #define CLEAR_CACHE 0x0004 // Clears Temporary Internet Files folder
// #define CLEAR_CACHE_ALL 0x0008 // Clears offline favorites and download history
// #define CLEAR_FORM_DATA 0x0010 // Clears saved form data for form auto-fill-in
// #define CLEAR_PASSWORDS 0x0020 // Clears passwords saved for websites
// #define CLEAR_PHISHING_FILTER 0x0040 // Clears phishing filter data
// #define CLEAR_RECOVERY_DATA 0x0080 // Clears webpage recovery data
// #define CLEAR_PRIVACY_ADVISOR 0x0800 // Clears tracking data
// #define CLEAR_SHOW_NO_GUI 0x0100 // Do not show a GUI when running the cache clearing
//
// Bitflags available but not used in this magic value are as follows:
// #define CLEAR_USE_NO_THREAD 0x0200 // Do not use multithreading for deletion
// #define CLEAR_PRIVATE_CACHE 0x0400 // Valid only when browser is in private browsing mode
// #define CLEAR_DELETE_ALL 0x1000 // Deletes data stored by add-ons
// #define CLEAR_PRESERVE_FAVORITES 0x2000 // Preserves cached data for "favorite" websites