MRU List

[Brian n Garland]

When I run Ad-Aware it finds tracking cookies and MRU Lists. I know what to
do with the tracking cookies.

There are 22 MRU Lists ranging from HKEY_USERS, HKEY_Local_Machine, and
C:\Documents and Settings\name\recent, some with numbers up in the 100's. If
I delete these are they gone for good or do they start up when I reboot?
Should I clean them out or leave them alone?

Thanks in advance.

Brian n Garland

 

[Martin S.]

MRU = Most Recently Used. It's merely a history cache of opened and used
files.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You can delete them and they go away for good, but they just fill up again.

C:\Documents and Settings\name\recent

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

You can also...

To not show your most recently used documents on the Start menu
1 Right-click the Start button and then click Properties.
2 On the Start Menu tab, click Start menu and then click Customize.
3 On the Advanced tab, UNSelect the List my most recently opened documents
check box.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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