Deleting files

[Savannah]

Well, a friend had to print some stuff off from my
computer and she opened up her files. Now they still
open on my computer, but I want them gone. The appear
when I open Word in the File pull down menu at the
bottom. I have searched for these documents, and they
are not found. I want them deleted, please help.

 

[Guest]

If you've searched for the files outside of Word and cannot find them, you can be sure that they've been deleted from your computer. What you see at the bottom of the File menu is the recently-used files list. Word remembers what files were opened and has no idea that they've already been deleted. If you select them from the File menu, you'll get an error message

But, to tidy up your system and lay your worries to rest, do this

Open Word, select Tools > Options from the menu, click the General tab, and clear the Recently Used File List checkbox, then click OK. You can repeat this procedure to turn the list of recently used files back on immediately. Just turning the list off makes Word "forget" all of the recently used documents