How do I dosable "recent"?

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Hi! :-)

Being on high speed connections, I don't feel the need to cache anything.
How do I disable the "recent" folders in the subfolders of c:\Documents and
Settings so nothing gets stored there?
 
Add C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Recent to that.

Also, for clarification, I just don't want it to store videos, swf's,
images, archive and other large files. Other things like cookies are OK
 
Hi! :-)

Being on high speed connections, I don't feel the need to cache
anything. How do I disable the "recent" folders in the subfolders of
c:\Documents and Settings so nothing gets stored there?
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The 'Recent' folder only stores shortcuts to files, and not the actual
files. Each shortcut is only a few hundred bytes, regardless of what file
it points at.
 
"Cloudchaser the Red Wolf furry"
Hi! :-)

Being on high speed connections, I don't feel the need to cache anything.
How do I disable the "recent" folders in the subfolders of c:\Documents
and
Settings so nothing gets stored there?
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I think you are a bit confused. There is NO connection between what sort of
internet access you have and the "Recent Documents" folder.
Secondly, it's NOT a "cache" - all it is is a collection of shortcuts.
 
Cloudchaser,

You can right-click the Taskbar to disable them but I always use the registry
way:

START | RUN | Type 'regedit' (without quotes) & press ENTER

Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Create a sub key under POLICIES on the left called 'Explorer' (without quotes)
Highlight the newly created 'Explorer' key & in the right pane, create this:

Key Name: NoRecentDocsHistory
Key Type: DWORD
Value: 0 = Enable History, 1 = Disable History

If there are any existing entries in that folder they will stay there so you
have to delete them or you could create one more registry key to do it for you:

Key Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Key Type: DWORD
Value: 0 = Disable Cleaning on Shutdown, 1 = Enable Cleaning on Shutdown

Exit the registry editor

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About the directory under the System32 folder:

I wouldn't delete anything from there unless 100% sure there are no
consequences. What you could do, but I am not recommending you do is right-click
that directory, 'security' tab & 'deny' write permissions to that folder on all
accounts (including system)

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)




"Cloudchaser the Red Wolf furry"
 
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Being on high speed connections, I don't feel the need to cache anything.
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Do not disable your cache memory settings. Set it to minimal if you are
really concerned,
 
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