Not working - Recent documents removement

[Ivan]

Hi,

I tried the Kelly's reg file for disabling the Recent
documents dir and it didn't work. I still get RD
displayed in the Start menu and still have incoming files
in that dir?! Huh?

 

[David Candy]

Turning of the feature just freezes it.
ClearRecentDocsOnExit
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0 0

Description
Deletes the contents of the Documents menu when the user logs off.

The Documents menu contains shortcuts to the non-program files the user opened most recently.

NoRecentDocsHistory
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Prevents the system from saving shortcuts to documents the user has recently opened.

By default, the system saves a shortcut to each of the non-program files the user most recently opened and displays the shortcuts on the Start menu under Documents. The shortcuts let users easily review and restart recently used documents.

NoFileMru
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Removes the list of most recently used files from the standard Open dialog box.

MaxRecentDocs
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0x0 - 0xFFFFFFFF shortcuts 0xF (15 shortcuts)

Description
Determines how many shortcuts the system can display in the Documents menu on the Start menu.

NoRecentDocsMenu
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Removes the Documents menu from the classic Start menu.

The Documents menu contains links to the non-program files that users have most recently opened. It appears so that users can easily reopen the documents.

Policy:Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu
Description:Removes the Recent Documents folder from the Start menu. Also
removes the corresponding checkbox from the Start menu customization CPL.
Registry Value:"NoRecentDocsMenu"

 

[David Candy]

You can also exclude specific file types, but is not a simple procedure.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hey David, Welcome back ) Will start storing your posts
A tool is on the way David. [from Kelly or me]