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Old January 22nd 10, 10:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Pete
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I create files and save them in "New Briefcase"
The problem is they also end up in "My Recent Documents"
I delete them and they still return.
How can I solve this problem?
I'm using Windows XP Pro.and a Dell Inspiron computer.
thanks

pete
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Old January 22nd 10, 11:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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You can remove Recent Documents from the Start Menu:

Control Panel Taskbar and Start Menu Start Menu tab Customize
button Advanced tab Start menu items
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Leonard Grey
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pete wrote:
I create files and save them in "New Briefcase"
The problem is they also end up in "My Recent Documents"
I delete them and they still return.
How can I solve this problem?
I'm using Windows XP Pro.and a Dell Inspiron computer.
thanks

pete

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Old January 22nd 10, 11:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Default Recent Documents

You can remove Recent Documents from the Start Menu:

Control Panel Taskbar and Start Menu Start Menu tab Customize
button Advanced tab Start menu items
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

pete wrote:
I create files and save them in "New Briefcase"
The problem is they also end up in "My Recent Documents"
I delete them and they still return.
How can I solve this problem?
I'm using Windows XP Pro.and a Dell Inspiron computer.
thanks

pete

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Old January 23rd 10, 03:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default Recent Documents

In message , Leonard Grey
writes:
You can remove Recent Documents from the Start Menu:

Control Panel Taskbar and Start Menu Start Menu tab Customize
button Advanced tab Start menu items
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

pete wrote:
I create files and save them in "New Briefcase"
The problem is they also end up in "My Recent Documents"
I delete them and they still return. How can I solve this problem?
I'm using Windows XP Pro.and a Dell Inspiron computer.
thanks
pete


But you needn't worry: what's in "Recent" isn't a copy of the document,
only a shortcut to it, which is only a few hundred bytes in size. You'll
find these shortcuts in C:\Documents and Settings\me\My Recent Documents
(which on here is a half-hidden folder - it appears in the right pane
but not the left). You can delete them if you wish; not a bad idea to
delete all but a few, since Recent only shows the x most recent anyway.
(I'm not sure what x is; I think it can be amended.) When you save a
file from many (possibly all) applications, a new "Recent" shortcut is
created anyway. They're actually useful in that they go direct to
documents you've recently been working on, however deep in the directory
(folder) tree you put them.
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