Tweak UI recent documents

[Terry]

I have Tweak UI on my machine.
The only setting I use is to not display recent documents.
Does XP still keep this list?
How can I clear it?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Start | Run | Type: recent | click OK

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]

Registry settings for TweakUI tweaks:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Yes, allow recent docs
1 = No, do not allow recent docs

Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = No don't clear
1 = Yes clear them

Value Name: NoRecentDocsHistory
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Yes history
1 = No history

Documents menu located here...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\RecentDocs

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Terry,

Yes

See Wesley's post on "Clear document history on exit" option.

To prevent the recent docs history from being saved (in future), you can
enable the "NoRecentDocsHistory" Policy setting.

NoRecentDocsHistory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93170.mspx?mfr=true

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I have Tweak UI on my machine.
The only setting I use is to not display recent documents.
Does XP still keep this list?
How can I clear it?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Just observed that "Maintain document history" setting sets the
NoRecentDocsHistory: So you don't have to edit the registry or GPO manually.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Terry,

Yes

See Wesley's post on "Clear document history on exit" option.

To prevent the recent docs history from being saved (in future), you can
enable the "NoRecentDocsHistory" Policy setting.

NoRecentDocsHistory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93170.mspx?mfr=true

 

[Wesley Vogel]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Just observed that "Maintain document history" setting sets the
NoRecentDocsHistory: So you don't have to edit the registry or GPO
manually.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Terry,

Yes

See Wesley's post on "Clear document history on exit" option.

To prevent the recent docs history from being saved (in future), you can
enable the "NoRecentDocsHistory" Policy setting.

NoRecentDocsHistory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93170.mspx?mfr=true

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Terry]

Start | Run | Type: recent | click OK

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Thanks

That was what I was looking for.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Keep having fun.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Start | Run | Type: recent | click OK

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Thanks

That was what I was looking for.