why do deleted files stay in the menu?

[frustrated]

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thanks for anything

 

[Graham Mayor]

There are no 'files' in the menu - only links.
I
f you want to delete them all then set tools > options > general > recently
used files to 0, confirm the change, then change it back to the number it
was previously.

See also http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm

If you want to selectively delete, then it gets altogether more complicated,
but friend and fellow MVP Greg Maxey has done all the work - see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're referring to the MRU list at the end of the File menu, it lists
your Most Recently Used files even though you may have deleted them. You can
remove a file from this menu by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and clicking on the
filename.

 

[frustrated]

Thanks , but there is no "tools" tab in my Word pgm and in the "word
options " I've searched for Recently used files and can't find it anywhere.
is it called something else?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2007 - Word Oprions > Advanced > Display > Show This number of Recent
Documents.
The macro solutions in the posted links also work.

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