Edit Technology: Clear Unwanted Entries from Start Menu RUN

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Clear Unwanted Entries from Start Menu RUN


Whenever you use the Start Menu's Run command to launch a program, that program is added to a history. Since this is a possible cause to an irritating problem, a solution is provided here for clearing this history:
  • Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
  • Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\ RunMRU\.
  • Delete all of the values in this key (everything in the right pane, except for (Default)).
  • Close the Registry Editor when finished. You'll probably have to refresh the Desktop or restart Windows for this change to take effect.
Note: To clear the OtherFolder history, repeat the same process in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ OtherFolder.


Digg it.

Posted by Sriganesh on Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 7:13 PM |

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