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gargoyle60
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      16th Jun 2010
Is there a way to programatically clear XP recently opened documents list?
 
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> Is there a way to programatically clear XP recently opened documents list?


If not, you can set Recent Documents not to display on Start Menu and
delete from desktops any shortcut to this record. TweakUI may be the
simplest method.
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      16th Jun 2010
Simply delete the shortcuts in the Recent Documents folder. A bat file
running in the Startup folder will do that.

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      17th Jun 2010

remove files from C:\Documents and Settings\<yourUser>\Recent

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      18th Jun 2010
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:15:57 +0100, "Piotr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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