12-08-2007, 01:50 PM
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 | Desi Club Badshah | | |
  Re: ~ A Tip A Day ~
08 December 2007:
Disable the List of Recent Documents Even if you followed the steps to hide the Recent Documents list,Windows XP continues to monitor the files you open or use and stores this information in the background just in case you need it. If you want to prevent Windows from keeping track of your recent documents, you must edit the Windows Registry, as follows:
1. Click the Start button in the lower-left corner of Windows.
2. Click Run.
3. A window opens. Type regedit in the blank, and then click the OK button or press the Enter key.
4. The Windows Registry Editor opens. In the left window pane, double-click the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key.
5. A new column of registry keys appears. Double-click Software.
6. Another list of registry keys appears. Scroll down and double-click Microsoft.
7. A long column of registry keys appears. Scroll down and double-click Windows.
8. Double-click the CurrentVersion registry key.
9. A new column of registry keys appears. Scroll down and double-click Policies.
10. Click the Explorer registry key.
11. Click the Edit drop-down menu located in the upper-left corner of the Windows Registry Editor.
12. Select New.
13. Select DWORD Value.
14. In the right window pane, a new registry value appears. Rename it NoRecentDocsHistory.
15. Double-click new NoRecentDocsHistory value to open it.
16. Type the number 1 under the Value Data heading.
17. Click the OK button.
18. Exit the Registry Editor by clicking the X button in the upper-right corner.
19. If you want to undo this fix and restore the list of recent documents, do the following:
a. Open the Windows Registry Editor and return to the NoRecentDocsHistory registry value you created.
b. Double-click this registry value to open it.
c. Under the Value Data heading labeled, delete the number 1. Type the number 0 in its place. |