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activation/deactivation of the start menu MRU through the registry
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I have just subscribed to this group :-) I have a question: Does anybody know how to activate/deactivate the start menu's MRU (recently used documents) using the windows xp registry? Thanks |
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activation/deactivation of the start menu MRU through the registry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = Yes, allow recent docs 1 = No, do not allow recent docs Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = No don't clear 1 = Yes clear them Value Name: NoRecentDocsHistory Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = Yes history 1 = No history ==== How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307875 To not show your most recently used documents on the Start menu 1 Right-click the Start button, and then click Properties. 2 On the Start Menu tab, click Start menu, and then click Customize. 3 On the Advanced tab, UNSelect the List my most recently opened documents check box. ----- Using TweakUI [+] Explorer ¨ Allow Recent Documents on Start menu [[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on the Start menu customization dialog.]] ¨ Clear document history on exit [[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when you log off]] ¨ Maintain document history [[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do not respect this setting). ]] ----- Download TweakUI here Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Tweak UI TweakUI.exe ---- Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx ----- Registry settings for TweakUI tweaks: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = Yes, allow recent docs 1 = No, do not allow recent docs Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = No don't clear 1 = Yes clear them Value Name: NoRecentDocsHistory Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = Yes history 1 = No history ---------------------- If XP Pro you can use Group Edit... Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK | Navigate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\ Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu. [[The Documents menu contains links to the nonprogram files that users have most recently opened. It appears so that users can easily reopen their documents. If you enable this setting, the system saves document shortcuts but does not display them in the Documents menu. If you later disable it or set it to Not Configured, the document shortcuts saved before the setting was enabled and while it was in effect appear in the Documents menu. Note: This setting does not prevent Windows programs from displaying shortcuts to recently opened documents. See the "Do not keep history of recently opened documents" setting. Also, see the "Do not keep history of recently opened documents" and "Clear history of recenTly opened documents on exit" policies in this folder. This setting also does not hide document shortcuts displayed in the Open dialog box. See the "Hide the dropdown list of recent files" setting. ]] Do not keep history of recently opened documents [[Prevents the operating system and installed programs from creating and displaying shortcuts to recently opened documents. If you enable this setting, the system and Windows programs do not create shortcuts to documents opened while the setting is in effect. Also, they retain but do not display existing document shortcuts. The system empties the Documents menu on the Start menu, and Windows programs do not display shortcuts at the bottom of the File menu. If you disable this setting, the system defaults are enforced. Disabling this setting has no effect on the system. Note: The system saves document shortcuts in the user profile in the System-drive\Documents and Settings\User-name\Recent folder. If you enable this setting but do not enable the "Remove Documents menu from Start Menu" setting, the Documents menu appears on the Start menu, but it is empty. If you enable this setting, but then later disable it or set it to Not Configured, the document shortcuts saved before the setting was enabled reappear in the Documents menu and program File menus. This setting does not hide document shortcuts displayed in the Open dialog box.]] Clear history of recently opened documents on exit [[If you enable this setting, the system deletes shortcuts to recently used document files when the user logs off. As a result, the Documents menu on the Start menu is always empty when the user logs on. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the system retains document shortcuts, and when a user logs on the Documents menu appears just as it did when the user logged off. Note: The system saves document shortcuts in the user profile in the System-drive\Documents and Settings\User-name\Recent folder. ]] ----- Registry settings for gpedit.msc: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ Explorer The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value of 0 is disabled. Policy: Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu Description: Removes the Recent Documents folder from the Start menu. Also removes the corresponding checkbox from the Start menu customization CPL. Registry Value: "NoRecentDocsMenu" Policy: Clear history of recent documents on exit Description: Deletes all shortcuts shown in the Recent Documents menu when the user logs off. Registry Value: "ClearRecentDocsOnExit" -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In oups.com, hunted and pecked: Hi all, I have just subscribed to this group :-) I have a question: Does anybody know how to activate/deactivate the start menu's MRU (recently used documents) using the windows xp registry? Thanks |
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