Removing recently viewed documents from Start menu

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I know this can be done but I can't for the life of me recall/find the way.
How do you prevent every recently used doc from appearing in "documents" (or
remove the "documents" altogether) in the win2k start menu?

TIA

Dirk
 
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Dirk
 
microsoft.public.com said:
I know this can be done but I can't for the life of me recall/find the way.
How do you prevent every recently used doc from appearing in "documents" (or
remove the "documents" altogether) in the win2k start menu?

TIA

Dirk
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You can download tweakui which has a setting that deletes the recent list
after logoff, or you can just delete the entries from your recent folder.
There is probably a registry setting somewhere that disables it altogether
but I don't know for sure.
 
TweakUI! That's it! Thanks Shawn!

Dirk

shawn modersohn said:
You can download tweakui which has a setting that deletes the recent list
after logoff, or you can just delete the entries from your recent folder.
There is probably a registry setting somewhere that disables it altogether
but I don't know for sure.
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You can remove them on an as needed basis by simply Right
clicking your Task Bar (not on a open program or start
menu or sys tray) and select properties. Click the
advanced tab and select clear. Wala all done. Note the
discription of the bar as it removes other entries as well.
 
I know this can be done but I can't for the life of me recall/find the
way. How do you prevent every recently used doc from appearing in
"documents" (or remove the "documents" altogether) in the win2k start
menu?
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=hex:01,00,00,00
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=hex:01,00,00,00

Joe
 
Joe McArthur said:
I know this can be done but I can't for the life of me recall/find the
way. How do you prevent every recently used doc from appearing in
"documents" (or remove the "documents" altogether) in the win2k start
menu?
Click to expand...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=hex:01,00,00,00
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=hex:01,00,00,00

Joe
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nice
 
Joe-Using the 1st, do I enter NoRecentDocsHistory as a dword value, then
check hex, then enter 01,00,00,00 as value data?

Dirk



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
 
Joe-Using the 1st, do I enter NoRecentDocsHistory as a dword value, then
check hex, then enter 01,00,00,00 as value data?

Dirk
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Correct, except you just enter a '1' in the value data field. What I had
showed you was the contents of a .reg file, whose execution produces the
results you were looking for.

Joe
 
Even better, just go into the Start Menu properties, Advanced tab, and click
on the Clear button.

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Even better, just go into the Start Menu properties, Advanced tab, and
click on the Clear button.
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Even better than what? The OP asked for a way to *prevent* recently used
docs from appearing in the Documents menu, or downright removal of the
Documents menu. Your solution accomplishes neither.

Joe
 
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