reg hack for windows start menu

I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to, but
it's the section under the pinup menu. Everytime you open an application a
new shortcut appears there. And you can pin it on the pin up menu if you
like. I get tired of erasing a bunch of things. So I can ignore this. Or,
if there's a registry entry I can use that someone knows; maybe I can stop
everything from appearing there. Does anyone know anything like that?

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote:
I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to, but
it's the section under the pinup menu. Everytime you open an application a
new shortcut appears there. And you can pin it on the pin up menu if you
like. I get tired of erasing a bunch of things. So I can ignore this. Or,
if there's a registry entry I can use that someone knows; maybe I can stop
everything from appearing there. Does anyone know anything like that?

Bill

The WinXP Start menu has two modes. You can switch to "Classical Mode"
if you want. Try "right-click" the Start menu button, and have a look
at the settings.

The mode you're in right now, might be the default mode, A picture
of it, can be seen here. In the example, the programs that "Nancy"
has recently used, seem to be stuck into the menu just above
"All Programs".

http://www.dummies.com/wp-content/up...934.image2.jpg

Paul

Bill,

I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to,

That means I can't be sure either ...

Everytime you open an application a new shortcut appears there.

As far as I know only *documents* appear there. And if a shortcut is
already there it just gets updated. Also, there is a limit to the ammount
of shortcuts stored.

So I can ignore this.

Yes.

Or, if there's a registry entry I can use that someone knows; maybe
I can stop everything from appearing there

As far as I know, there is none. You can remove the section in the start
menu though. Can't remember how I did it, so you have to google it
yourself. (if you find thow to *block* it than please do post back).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Bill Cunningham schreef in berichtnieuws
...
I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to,
but
it's the section under the pinup menu. Everytime you open an application a
new shortcut appears there. And you can pin it on the pin up menu if you
like. I get tired of erasing a bunch of things. So I can ignore this. Or,
if there's a registry entry I can use that someone knows; maybe I can stop
everything from appearing there. Does anyone know anything like that?

Bill

"Paul" wrote in message
news
Bill Cunningham wrote:
I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to,
but it's the section under the pinup menu. Everytime you open an
application a new shortcut appears there. And you can pin it on the pin
up menu if you like. I get tired of erasing a bunch of things. So I can
ignore this. Or, if there's a registry entry I can use that someone
knows; maybe I can stop everything from appearing there. Does anyone know
anything like that?

Bill

The WinXP Start menu has two modes. You can switch to "Classical Mode"
if you want. Try "right-click" the Start menu button, and have a look
at the settings.

The mode you're in right now, might be the default mode, A picture
of it, can be seen here. In the example, the programs that "Nancy"
has recently used, seem to be stuck into the menu just above
"All Programs".

http://www.dummies.com/wp-content/up...934.image2.jpg

I see Paul. No I am not in that mode. I swich to classic. And then to
classic folders.

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote:
I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to,
but
it's the section under the pinup menu. Everytime you open an application a
new shortcut appears there. And you can pin it on the pin up menu if you
like. I get tired of erasing a bunch of things. So I can ignore this. Or,
if there's a registry entry I can use that someone knows; maybe I can stop
everything from appearing there. Does anyone know anything like that?

Bill

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a way to
automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and paste in
the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then rename it to
"Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that recent
documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically gets cleared.
:-)

"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can sometimes be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically
gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can sometimes
be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

I noticed I had updated mine a bit and the complete one was as follows. If
this doesn't do it, I don't know what else to suggest. Again,this is for
cleaning out the recents document list (which I found to be annoying) for
Windows XP. (As always, it's always a good idea to save the original one).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000008

"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and
paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then
rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically
gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can sometimes
be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

I noticed I had updated mine a bit and the complete one was as follows.
If this doesn't do it, I don't know what else to suggest. Again,this is
for cleaning out the recents document list (which I found to be annoying)
for Windows XP. (As always, it's always a good idea to save the original
one).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000008

Ok I will try this. And also it just came to mind. There maybe a
difference, I am using xp x64 sp2.

Bill

"Bill Cunningham" wrote in message
news
Ok I will try this. And also it just came to mind. There maybe a
difference, I am using xp x64 sp2.

OK it looks like it's not going to work. Thanks though. I have several XP
registry hacks though in my registry that *do* work. So I guess I never know
until I try.

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill Cunningham" wrote in message
news
Ok I will try this. And also it just came to mind. There maybe a
difference, I am using xp x64 sp2.

OK it looks like it's not going to work. Thanks though. I have several XP
registry hacks though in my registry that *do* work. So I guess I never
know
until I try.

Bill

I should have clarified that I'm using WinXP SP3, 32 bit. So maybe that's
the reason. I'm also using the classic start menu, but I doubt if that's
it.

Bill in Co,

"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

Please do notice that the above three have nothing to do with "recent
documents".

And I definitily like that last one. It resolved a long standing "what the
heck?" about the sorting order of the files in a folder ...

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional mesage
Bill in Co schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a
way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and
paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then
rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically
gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can sometimes
be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

I noticed I had updated mine a bit and the complete one was as follows.
If
this doesn't do it, I don't know what else to suggest. Again,this is for
cleaning out the recents document list (which I found to be annoying) for
Windows XP. (As always, it's always a good idea to save the original one).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000008

Ooops, sorry about that, and right you are, Rudy. I had added those in for
some other issues, and forgot to catch that, so thanks.

R.Wieser wrote:
Bill in Co,

"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

Please do notice that the above three have nothing to do with "recent
documents".

And I definitily like that last one. It resolved a long standing "what
the
heck?" about the sorting order of the files in a folder ...

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional mesage
Bill in Co schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a
way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and
paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then
rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically
gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can sometimes
be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

I noticed I had updated mine a bit and the complete one was as follows.
If
this doesn't do it, I don't know what else to suggest. Again,this is for
cleaning out the recents document list (which I found to be annoying) for
Windows XP. (As always, it's always a good idea to save the original
one).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000008

Thanks again for the correction, and I hope it's not a problem for the other
Bill that I added those in, as I found them useful. So Bill C, if you don't
want the added stuff, hopefully you saved the original before adding this to
the registry and can go back.

Rudy - I think that change in sorting order came stock with XP and later,
but since I was so used to the regular logical (ASCII) character sort order
for files, it drove me nuts. But now I can't even remember what the
disadvantage of not using logical character sort order was (the way it is
now in Vista and above). Well I found one example using these file names:

Picture
Picture - Copy
Picture - Copy 2
Picture - Copy 3

which apparently gets sorted "incorrectly" using the newer method in Windows
7 and later) as follows:

Picture - Copy 2
Picture - Copy 3
Picture - Copy
Picture

"Windows 7 treats blank spaces in file names illogically in alphanumeric
sorts." URL: http://tinyurl.com/ya5bc29e

R.Wieser wrote:
Bill in Co,

"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

Please do notice that the above three have nothing to do with "recent
documents".

And I definitily like that last one. It resolved a long standing "what
the
heck?" about the sorting order of the files in a folder ...

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional mesage
Bill in Co schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a
way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and
paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then
rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically
gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can sometimes
be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

I noticed I had updated mine a bit and the complete one was as follows.
If
this doesn't do it, I don't know what else to suggest. Again,this is for
cleaning out the recents document list (which I found to be annoying) for
Windows XP. (As always, it's always a good idea to save the original
one).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000008

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:25:22 -0400, "Bill Cunningham"
wrote:

I am not sure the exact section of the start menu I am referring to, but
it's the section under the pinup menu. Everytime you open an application a
new shortcut appears there. And you can pin it on the pin up menu if you
like. I get tired of erasing a bunch of things. So I can ignore this. Or,
if there's a registry entry I can use that someone knows; maybe I can stop
everything from appearing there. Does anyone know anything like that?

Install CCleaner freeware

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Click on "builds" at the bottom of the page, and download
"CCleaner - Slim", which has no adware.
After it's installed, right click on Trash and choose what you
want it to clear. In your case, it will be Windows Explorer ---
Recent Documents.
Once it's configured, all you need to do it right click Trash,
and "Run CCleaner".
Once you get used to it, it'll only take a couple of seconds.
[]'s
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

Bill in Co,

... but since I was so used to the regular logical (ASCII) character
sort order for files, it drove me nuts.

Same here. Could not visually scan a folder (in XP) for a certain file
anymore, as the sought-for one could pop up in unexpected locations. Drove
me (sort of) mad. :-\

But even with that setting a folder seems to be sorted with all
non-alphanumeric symbols infront of alphanumeric ones (try a filename
starting with a "{" or "}" and you'll see what I mean).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

P.s.
The other two registry entries are not bad either (understatement). :-)


-- Origional message:
Bill in Co schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Thanks again for the correction, and I hope it's not a problem for the
other
Bill that I added those in, as I found them useful. So Bill C, if you
don't
want the added stuff, hopefully you saved the original before adding this
to
the registry and can go back.

Rudy - I think that change in sorting order came stock with XP and later,
but since I was so used to the regular logical (ASCII) character sort
order
for files, it drove me nuts. But now I can't even remember what the
disadvantage of not using logical character sort order was (the way it is
now in Vista and above). Well I found one example using these file
names:

Picture
Picture - Copy
Picture - Copy 2
Picture - Copy 3

which apparently gets sorted "incorrectly" using the newer method in
Windows
7 and later) as follows:

Picture - Copy 2
Picture - Copy 3
Picture - Copy
Picture

"Windows 7 treats blank spaces in file names illogically in alphanumeric
sorts." URL: http://tinyurl.com/ya5bc29e

R.Wieser wrote:
Bill in Co,

"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

Please do notice that the above three have nothing to do with "recent
documents".

And I definitily like that last one. It resolved a long standing "what
the
heck?" about the sorting order of the files in a folder ...

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional mesage
Bill in Co schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in message
...

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you are looking for a
way
to automatically clear the recent documents shortcuts list, here is
the
solution:

Create a text file named "Clear Recent Docs.txt" (for example), and
paste
in the following (using a pure text editor like Notepad), and then
rename
it to "Clear Recent Docs.reg" and double click it to enter it into
ther
registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

I've been using this for quite awhile, as I got tired of seeing that
recent documents list all the time. After rebooting, it automatically
gets
cleared. :-)

Hum...Ok thanks Bill I entered the text into notepad and saved as
"rdoc.reg" and notepad saved a regdit file. I loaded and rebooted
twice
those entries are still there. Everything I've open and it can
sometimes
be
a long list. It is a pain to erase every one.

Bill

I noticed I had updated mine a bit and the complete one was as follows.
If
this doesn't do it, I don't know what else to suggest. Again,this is
for
cleaning out the recents document list (which I found to be annoying)
for
Windows XP. (As always, it's always a good idea to save the original
one).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"CDRAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000008