clear history recently used docs

G

Guest

Refering to Word 2003, I want to delete file paths on the recently used list
on the File menu. I know I can get rid of them all in the options dialog
box, but what if I only want to get rid of links that lead to files that I
have deleted? Is there a way of doing that?
Thanks
 
G

Guest

If you are using Win XP then check out the below location

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

All the office recent document links are stored here.
Delete the files you want from here. Make sure Word is closed before you do
this.

HTH,
 
G

Guest

It didn't work. When I deleted a file in the recent folder, it didn't get
rid of the recent history link, instead it deleted the file itself. Any
other suggestions out there?
Thanks
 

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