How to Delete file that says "The directory name is not valid"?

[Nicole]

How do I Delete a file that says "The directory name is not valid"? I have a
whole list of files that state that and I want to get them off of my Recent
Documents list.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2003

If you want to delete them all then set tools > options > general > recently
used files to 0, confirm the change, then change it back to the number it
was previously.

See also http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm

If you want to selectively delete, then it gets altogether more complicated,
but friend and fellow MVP Greg Maxey has done all the work - see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

Word 2007

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 again to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, if we're just talking about the File menu MRU (in Word 2003 and
earlier), they can be selectively deleted using Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org