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| For privacy reasons, one might want to disable the recent documents list under the start menu. This article explains how to disable it under Windows XP | |||
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| The My Recent Documents folder on the Windows XP Start menu displays a list of files and documents that you most recently used.
XP Start Menu Removing the Recent Documents link from XP Start Menu To remove the My Recent Documents folder from XP Start Menu, try this:
* Right-click Start, and then click Properties Equivalent registry value * Open Registry Editor and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced * Backup the key to a file. See Backing up.. article * Set the value of Start_ShowRecentDocs accordingly. Value of 0 - List my most recently opened documents is disabled Value of 2 - List my most recently opened documents is enabled Automate the above with REG file Download this REG file sets Start_ShowRecentDocs registry value to 0 Undo REG file which sets Start_ShowRecentDocs registry value to 2 (default) Different setting for the Windows Classic Start Menu Classic Start Menu For the Classic Start Menu, set NoRecentDocsMenu to 1 in this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer NoRecentDocsMenu value may not exist by default. If so, create a new value of type REG_DWORD and set it's data to 1 It is also recommended to set NoRecentDocsHistory to 1 Rebooting is necessary for the changes to occur.
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