Clearing History Lists

So that you can quickly open documents and programs you use frequently, Windows XP keeps history lists. These are MRU or most recently used lists. Table 4-7 shows you where in the registry the operating system stores these lists. Clear these lists by removing the keys associated with them. After removing the RecentDocs key, make sure you delete the contents of %USERPROFILE%\Recent, too.

Table 4-7: History Lists

Location

Subkey

Internet Explorer's address bar

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

Run dialog box

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU

Documents menu

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs

Common dialog

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32

boxes

\LastVisitedMRU

Search Assistant

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru

5001. Internet

5603. Files and folders

5604. Pictures, music, and video

5647. Printers, computers, and people

Search Assistant's history list deserves a bit more attention. The key ACMru contains a variety of subkeys, depending on the types of things for which you've searched. For example, if you search for files and folders, you'll see the subkey 5603, which contains a list of the different search strings. If you search the Internet using Search Assistant, you'll see the subkey 5001. You can remove each subkey individually to clear a specific type of query's history list, or you can remove the key ACMru to clear all of Search Assistant's history lists. The table contains a list of the subkeys that I've found in ACMru.



Microsoft Windows XP Registry Guide
Microsoft Windows XP Registry Guide (Bpg-Other)
ISBN: 0735617880
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 185

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