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Rebecca - 23 Apr 2004 16:07 GMT

When I click onto Start Menu, and point to Documents, my
computer lists 15 files that I've recently opened. I
would like it to only list 5 files. How do I get Windows
to do this?

From Rebecca in sunny England, celebrating St George's Day

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Hugh Candlin - 23 Apr 2004 17:21 GMT

> When I click onto Start Menu, and point to Documents, my
> computer lists 15 files that I've recently opened. I
> would like it to only list 5 files. How do I get Windows
> to do this?

Right-click on the shortcut(s) that you do not want
and select Delete.

Or

Open C:\WINDOWS\Recent, then left-click each shortcut
to highlight it, then right-click and select Delete,
or click Delete on the Toolbar.

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Rebecca - 24 Apr 2004 11:52 GMT

How do I *permanently* get Windows to list 5 recently
opened files?

Rebecca

>-----Original Message-----
>
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>to highlight it, then right-click and select Delete,
>or click Delete on the Toolbar.

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PCR - 24 Apr 2004 23:08 GMT

If there is a way to do it, it would have to be through a Registry
tweak.

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There may be humor in this post, and,
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should things get worse after this,
PCR
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| How do I *permanently* get Windows to list 5 recently
| opened files?
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| >to highlight it, then right-click and select Delete,
| >or click Delete on the Toolbar.

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Hugh Candlin - 25 Apr 2004 01:21 GMT

> How do I *permanently* get Windows to list 5 recently
> opened files?

That would require a change to Windows itself
to enable a user to specify delimiters for each MRU list,
so, as it stands, you cannot do that.

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