Removing Recent Documents from Start Menu in XP

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I can do this with out problems in normal start menu mode.

The problem is trying to get rid of this using the classic start menu.

Even if I change to normal start menu, remove recent documents from the
list,
when I change back to classic start menu it reappears.

Does anyone know how to remove this. I hate having to go to clear 10 times a
day to protect from snoops.


Thanks

 

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:38:49 -0000, "Vicky Vale" <vicky@vale-tech.net>
wrote:

>I can do this with out problems in normal start menu mode.
>
>The problem is trying to get rid of this using the classic start menu.
>
>Even if I change to normal start menu, remove recent documents from the
>list,
>when I change back to classic start menu it reappears.
>
>Does anyone know how to remove this. I hate having to go to clear 10 times a
>day to protect from snoops.
>
>
>Thanks
>
you can use this registry tweak to stop "recent documents" from
accumulating at all.
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/545

Dave

 

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Hi Vicky,

To remove the 'Documents' from Classic Start Menu, set NoRecentDocsMenu to 1
in this registry key:

Click Start/Run and type regedit.exe to launch Registry Editor:

Navigate to this location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

NoRecentDocsMenu value may not exist by default.

If so, create a new value of type REG_DWORD and set it's data to 1

Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/recentdocs.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Vicky Vale" <vicky@vale-tech.net> wrote in message
news:J5HVd.48766$Z14.36466@news.indigo.ie...
>I can do this with out problems in normal start menu mode.
>
> The problem is trying to get rid of this using the classic start menu.
>
> Even if I change to normal start menu, remove recent documents from the
> list,
> when I change back to classic start menu it reappears.
>
> Does anyone know how to remove this. I hate having to go to clear 10 times
> a
> day to protect from snoops.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>