Re: Recently accessed fıles list

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:23:23 -0700

How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875

To not show your most recently used documents on the Start menu
1 Right-click the Start button, and then click Properties.
2 On the Start Menu tab, click Start menu, and then click Customize.
3 On the Advanced tab, UNSelect the List my most recently opened documents
    check box.
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Using TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]
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XP Pro only!
You can use the Group Policy editor (Gpedit.msc) under the following
location to configure Start menu features:
User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

Note: Except when noted, all of these registry settings are under the
following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer

The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value
of 0 is disabled.

Policy: Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu
Description: Removes the Recent Documents folder from the Start menu. Also
removes the corresponding checkbox from the Start menu customization CPL.
Registry Value: "NoRecentDocsMenu"

Policy: Maximum number of recent documents
Description: Specifies the number of shortcuts displayed on the Recent
Documents submenu.
Registry Value: "MaxRecentDocs"

Policy: Clear history of recent documents on exit
Description: Deletes all shortcuts shown in the Recent Documents menu when
the user logs off.
Registry Value: "ClearRecentDocsOnExit" 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:111bidag2bkkn88@news.supernews.com,
Opinicus <gezgin@spamcop.net> hunted and pecked:
> I used to be able to do this from Tweak but XP's Tweak
> doesn't seem to have this feature any more.
>
> Is there an easier way to purge the recently accessed files
> list other than Right-click "Start" > "Properties" >
> "Customize" > "Clear"?
>
> I'm thinking of something along the lines of a one-click
> button.
>
> --
> Bob
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