Which Windows 10 switch *remembers* Run commands?

In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?

On 10/23/2017 1:10 PM, harry newton wrote:
In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?

Right click start choose run, type your "something" hit enter.

next time, again choose as above and your "something" should still be
in the Run box, It those on both my macines

Rene

On 23/10/2017 7:40 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 10/23/2017 1:10 PM, harry newton wrote:
In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?

Right click start choose run, type your "something" hit enter.

next time, again choose as above and your "something" should still be
in the Run box, It those on both my macines

Rene


It isn't on here. I switched it off somehow whilst trying out settings
and so far I haven't manage to turn it back on.

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:10:01 +0000 (UTC), harry newton
wrote:

In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?
Ccleaner removes it. Where the setting is ?


KenW

On 10/23/2017 2:46 PM, KenW wrote:
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:10:01 +0000 (UTC), harry newton
wrote:

In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?
Ccleaner removes it. Where the setting is ?


KenW


Hey, Thanks Ken, I had never noticed that before, good to know.

Rene

On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:55:51 -0500, Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

On 10/23/2017 2:46 PM, KenW wrote:
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:10:01 +0000 (UTC), harry newton
wrote:

In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?
Ccleaner removes it. Where the setting is ?


KenW


Hey, Thanks Ken, I had never noticed that before, good to know.

In Win 7, the things that you run are stored he
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\RunMRU

Could be same or similar in Win 10. I'm guessing that's one of the keys
that CCleaner clears.

MRU = most recently used

I don't know where the setting is to disable even storing that in the
first place, but I remember disabling MRU back in the XP days.

On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:55:51 -0500, Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

On 10/23/2017 2:46 PM, KenW wrote:
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:10:01 +0000 (UTC), harry newton
wrote:

In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?
Ccleaner removes it. Where the setting is ?


KenW


Hey, Thanks Ken, I had never noticed that before, good to know.

Rene

Windows Windows Explorer Run (in start menu)

I had to look again !


KenW

On 23/10/2017 7:10 PM, harry newton wrote:
In the olden days, I would click "start run something", where that
"something" would be remembered the next time I clicked "start run".

Do you know what makes Windows 10 remember the last start run command?


I solved the problem here - maybe this will help you.

1) Before it will remember the commands, you need to go to Settings
Personalization Start then enable "show most used apps".

2) If that is greyed out (it was in mine) go to Settings Privacy
then enable "Let Windows track app launches to improve Start and Search
results" and then go back to 1)

The current wording of these settings is bizarre and appears to have
nothing to do with the situation at all - but it worked here.

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He who is KenW said on Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:46:10 -0600:

Ccleaner removes it. Where the setting is ?

Thanks for suggesting the culprit may be Ccleaner...

I do use Ccleaner but only very sporadically, while the commands I type in
"Start Run" are no longer there even without using CCleaner, so, it's not
Ccleaner doing it.

Even so, it's good to note that CCleaner does that, as I have almost
everything checked...
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/24/ccleaner.jpg

He who is Bob Henson said on Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:06:05 +0100:

It isn't on here. I switched it off somehow whilst trying out settings
and so far I haven't manage to turn it back on.

Exactly my issue.

He who is Char Jackson said on Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:37:22 -0500:

In Win 7, the things that you run are stored he
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\RunMRU

Could be same or similar in Win 10. I'm guessing that's one of the keys
that CCleaner clears.

MRU = most recently used

I don't know where the setting is to disable even storing that in the
first place, but I remember disabling MRU back in the XP days.

Thanks for that runMRU key suggestion.

My "runMRU" is blank no matter what I type into "Start run something".
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/24/runmru.jpg

I'm sure it's something I turned off at some point, but what?

He who is KenW said on Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:41:54 -0600:

Windows Windows Explorer Run (in start menu)

I don't understand that at all.
What menu sequence is that?

He who is Bob Henson said on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:52:40 +0100:

I solved the problem here - maybe this will help you.

1) Before it will remember the commands, you need to go to Settings
Personalization Start then enable "show most used apps".

Here is my current switch setup for...
Start Settings PC Settings Personalization Start

Everything is turned off:
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/24/personalization.jpg

2) If that is greyed out (it was in mine) go to Settings Privacy
then enable "Let Windows track app launches to improve Start and Search
results" and then go back to 1)

I was easily able to turn on "Show most used apps" but if that switch does
what it says it does, it's the *last* thing I ever want to see because I
*know* exactly how to start apps.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/24/personalization2.jpg

In fact, I know *years* ahead of time, since I always put apps where they
belong and I set up a menu system which makes sense, so, I know years ahead
of time, on computers I don't even own yet, how exactly to start any
particular app.

Nonetheless, I turned that horrid switch on, to see if *that* solves the
problem of the "start run" sequence being hidden from purview.

The current wording of these settings is bizarre and appears to have
nothing to do with the situation at all - but it worked here.

Well, I must admit, it now does *remember* the "start run" activity!
So, you're a genius ... if ...

You're a genius "if" it actually doesn't show anything else such as recent
apps in some horrid place. Looking about ... it does appear ... that ...
you are a genius ... but time will tell.

Thanks for that super not obvious suggestion which can only be borne from
experience that you had that I did not have!

He who is harry newton said on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:37:48 +0000 (UTC):

Thanks for that runMRU key suggestion.

My "runMRU" is blank no matter what I type into "Start run something".
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/24/runmru.jpg

I'm sure it's something I turned off at some point, but what?

You and Bob Henson figured it out together!

When I implemented Bob Henson's suggestion, then the runMRU started getting
populated with a list of the "most recently used apps", where, the word
"apps" is a misnomer for "most recently typed things into the "Start Run"
menu.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/24/runmru2d55fa.jpg

Notice the automatically generated key value of "abcd" but backward for the
reverse order typed!

He who is harry newton said on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:37:48 +0000 (UTC):

I'm sure it's something I turned off at some point, but what?

SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone.