Deleting Word Files?

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Guest

I have two files that I have deleted from Word 2007 and they do not come up
when you go to file open...however, the links for them are still present in
the recent documents. If I deleted the file shouldn't the link in the recent
documents menu be deleted as well? How can I get rid of these links from the
recent documents menu as well? What is the proper way to delete a file from
Word 2007?
Thanks
 
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Graham Mayor

Recent file links are not files, but links. Deleting the file does not
delete the link.

The list is stored in the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12\Word\FileMRU, from where you
can delete individual entries
or
You can use the following macro which will reset the list to your preset
preferred number of displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

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