Recently used documents list: How to manage?

[Opinicus]

Using WinXP Home with all updates etc in place.

I've begun making use of the recently used documents list (Start >
Documents) but have noticed that the list keeps track of things that I don't
consider "documents" like sound and video files. Is there some way to
specify the files that are kept track of in this list? Say only Word and
Excel files for example? Or can I exclude files with certain extensions from
the list?

TIA

 

[Big_Al]

Using WinXP Home with all updates etc in place.

I've begun making use of the recently used documents list (Start >
Documents) but have noticed that the list keeps track of things that I don't
consider "documents" like sound and video files. Is there some way to
specify the files that are kept track of in this list? Say only Word and
Excel files for example? Or can I exclude files with certain extensions from
the list?

TIA

C:\documents and settings\username\my recent documents

You can manage it. But I'm not sure there is a filter to apply.
If you don't find any more help, you can just make a startup batch file
to do:
del "C:\documents and settings\username\my recent\documents\*.wav"
etc

 

[Opinicus]

C:\documents and settings\username\my recent documents

You can manage it. But I'm not sure there is a filter to apply.
If you don't find any more help, you can just make a startup batch file to
do:
del "C:\documents and settings\username\my recent\documents\*.wav"
etc

And it needed managing. There was stuff in there that disappeared months
ago.

Unfortunately the "del" method won't work because all of the extensions are
".lnk" however I have done a lot of manual cleaning out.

 

[Big_Al]

And it needed managing. There was stuff in there that disappeared months
ago.

Unfortunately the "del" method won't work because all of the extensions are
".lnk" however I have done a lot of manual cleaning out.

Same on mine. It seems to filter some place on its own. I guess it
just keeps the last 1000 items and then does a sort and filter when you
display the 'recent' item on the menu.
I'll keep an eye on this thread, I'll be interested to see if a better
solution comes out.