Re: Recent docs: opened docs, but not new/downloaded docs

All or nothing.

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

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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If XP Pro you can use Group Edit...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
Navigate to >>>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\

Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu.
Do not keep history of recently opened documents
Clear history of recently opened documents on exit
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Registry settings for TweakUI tweaks:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Yes, allow recent docs
1 = No, do not allow recent docs

Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = No don't clear
1 = Yes clear them

Value Name: NoRecentDocsHistory
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Yes history
1 = No history
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Registry settings for gpedit.msc:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoRecentDocsMenu
ClearRecentDocsOnExit


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1133315566.919896.283680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
slong777@xxxxxxxxx <slong777@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> I'm running XP Pro with SP2 and all the latest MS/IE updates. I use
> the Classic Start Menu, and like having my Recent documents available,
> but I wish it only showed the files/documents I actually opened, not
> new files that are created by downloading something from the internet.
>
> In the old version of TweakUI, it seems like there was an option to not
> add "new documents" to the Start Menu, but the XP version of TweakUI
> doesn't seem to make a distinction. Am I missing something? Is there
> another way to do this?
>
> Alternatively, is there a way to filter the Recent docs display to only
> show certain file types?

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