Re: Purpose of "UserAssist" registry keys?

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Great work on your part, Sammy. Wes should be along to assist you soon.

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"Sammy" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed 30 Mar 2005 03:02:39, Wesley Vogel wrote:
> <news:O1h#KyMNFHA.3192@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> MRU-Blaster will empty these...
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explo
>> rer\UserAss ist\{5E6AB780-7743-11CF-A12B-00AA004AE837}
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explo
>> rer\UserAss ist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}
>>
>> Also the related HKEY_USERS keys.
>>
>> MRU-Blaster
>> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
>
> I actually like to keep MRU info because MRU info helps me easily
> return to previous work. So instead of using a tool like MRU-Blaster
> would it be alright if I just deleted the entries in the two keys you
> mentioned?
>
> But are they the right keys because I notice that:
>
> {5E6AB780-7743-11CF-A12B-00AA004AE837} is for Microsoft's Internet
> toolbar
>
> and {75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9} is for Active Desktop.


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