Removing Windows XP search text

[BillVa]

Hi.

I hope there's a simple solution to this situation. I use XP Media edition.
With a couple of programs, for example Media Player 11, I went to its help
section and selected the search tab. I then entered whatever search terms I
was looking for and clicked List topics and I would get the appropriate
results.

The problem is I can't permanently delete whatever words I entered, even
after rebooting the system. The best I can do is temporarily clear them from
the screen but the words will reappear when I select help and the search tab
again. Is there a simple way to permanently delete whatever text was entered?
Obviously, this is nothing major but it is something of an annoyance. Thanks
for any help.

Bill

 

[Alan Edwards]

No simple solution, as there are many types of Most Recently Used
lists.
You may try this (not yet personally tried, though I may have a look
at it)
MRU-Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
It supposedly removes over 30,000 MRU lists.

....Alan

 

[BillVa]

Thanks Alan. I tried your suggestion and it didn't work. I guess I'm stuck
with the text.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Yes, I also tried it but it appears to be too old for WMP 11 as it
does not clear the help history.
Is that the only one you want to remove?

....Alan

 

[BillVa]

I think there was some other small program that has the same thing but Media
Player 11 is the main one.

 

[BillVa]

Oh. Something else I tried. I deleted MP 11 and reverted back to MP 10. It
actually removed the text. However, when I upgraded to MP 11, the text
returned.

Bill