Registry MRU's (ComDlg32)

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I have recently found out about MRU's. MRU lists contain information such as the names and locations of the last files you have accessed. They are located all over your registry, and for almost any file type. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what files you opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and much more. I recently downloaded and used MRU-Blaster " http://www.wilderssecurity.net/mrublaster.html " to clear many out but i noticed there were many left in a registry key " HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32 " mainly in a sub-key " OpenSaveMRU ".

I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are (since i've done a whole days search through google and found nothing good) and if they are really that important, important enough not to delete. I wanna see if there's a way to not be traceable on your computer but obviously these keys still hold a ton of stuff, check it out on your computer

I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are and what do they do that's so important?
 
That keeps track of locations you opened files from and saved files to using
the common Windows Open/Save dialog. Many programs use the common dialog.


Tyler said:
I have recently found out about MRU's. MRU lists contain information such
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as the names and locations of the last files you have accessed. They are
located all over your registry, and for almost any file type. By looking at
these MRU lists, someone could determine what files you opened/saved/looked
at, what their file names were, and much more. I recently downloaded and
used MRU-Blaster " http://www.wilderssecurity.net/mrublaster.html " to clear
many out but i noticed there were many left in a registry key "
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg3
2 " mainly in a sub-key " OpenSaveMRU ".
I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are
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(since i've done a whole days search through google and found nothing good)
and if they are really that important, important enough not to delete. I
wanna see if there's a way to not be traceable on your computer but
obviously these keys still hold a ton of stuff, check it out on your
computer.
I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are and
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what do they do that's so important?
 
Tyler said:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32 " mainly in a sub-key " OpenSaveMRU ".

I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are (since i've done a whole days search through google and found nothing good)
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ComDlg32 is the 'Common DIalog' used wherever you Open/Save/Save as in
any program. And its MRU items are the files that you have recently
accessed through it - less useful than most, as most applications keep
their own MRU lists.
 
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