On 9/30/05, Bernie Cosell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> That only keeps it off your start menu, but if you poke around some
> you'll find that Windows is still keeping the log [it seems that it is
> essentially infinite -- if you don't clear it, will windows really keep a
> link to every file you touch forever?? Whew!]
Of course. I should've known it wouldn't be something that simple. :)
Try this.
1) Open Regedit
2) Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3) Delete everything inside the RecentDocs key, including all subfolders.
4) Right-click on the RecentDocs key and choose Permissions.
5) Click the Advanced button.
6) Remove the checkbox that says "Inherit from parent the permission entries
that apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined
here."
7) On the dialog that appears titled "security," choose the "remove" button
to remove all permission entries.
8) Click OK to close the advanced permissions.
9) Dismiss the new Security dialog that is letting you know that nobody will
be able to access RecentDocs.
10) Click OK to close the standard permissions.
11) Test it out and verify that nothing is being recorded.
12) Clear the checkbox in the Start menu properties so you don't have an
empty "Recent Documents" list.
You could go further with this. If you have a set of documents that you are
constantly opening, you could clear the list, open up the documents you want
to keep in the My Documents list, get it sorted just how you want it, then
do everything except step 12. You'll then have a static list of recent
documents pinned to the Start menu.
If you want to re-enable this, go back into the permissions, and add
yourself to the permission list with full control. Then, delete the
RecentDocs key. From that point forward, Windows will start recording them
again.
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Troy
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