How to make MicrosoftWord Forget Information I keyed in

[Guest]

In MicrosoftWord when I click File-Open then click on the FileName drop down
box, I see that word remembers whatever I had typed there previously.
Also the LookIn drop down box remembers my last directory opened.

How do I make MicrosoftWord NOT TO remember this information that I keyed in ?

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm not sure there's any way to keep this from being "remembered." You can
clear the cache by deleting a Registry key, but it will continue to build
up. The Registry key you are looking for in this instance is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Open Find\Microsoft
Word\Settings\Save As\File Name MRU\Value There is also a Maximum Entries
key that it may be possible to set to 0.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks for the reply.
I was trying to try to automate such a way that my desktop does not remember
anything I did on it, so that no one else can snoop arround on my desktop at
work.
Looks like there is no way to automate this.
This will have to be done manually each time before I shut down my pc.
Is there any way to tell windows I want all I do in my PC strictly
confidential ?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Presumably you have a password for your user profile? You can log out of
your profile when you leave your desk. Or you can set a password for the
screen saver and set it to kick in after a very short period of inactivity.
Be aware, however, that if you are on a network and you are trying to
prevent your employer from finding out what you are doing, you probably have
NO privacy at all. In most countries, employers have a legal right to
anything you do at work, and they can snoop all they like in your email,
find out what Web sites you've been surfing, etc.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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