Start Button then Documents,, the list

[Guest callum]

When I click on Start (bot left) then slide up to Docs, I always find a list of about 15 items that

were most recent;;

My question is how can I disable this function? I dont wish the list to be there, I would prefer

nothing to be shown.

 

Win98SE.

 

Tia

Callum

[Guest Mart]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

"How to Remove Individual Items from the Documents List"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151764/en-us

 

or use MS's TweakUI 1.33 (for Win9x) to disable the 'feature' - still

available at :-

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

 

Mart

 

 

"callum" <callum@inter.com> wrote in message

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> When I click on Start (bot left) then slide up to Docs, I always find a

> list of about 15 items that

> were most recent;;

> My question is how can I disable this function? I dont wish the list to be

> there, I would prefer

> nothing to be shown.

>

> Win98SE.

>

> Tia

> Callum

>

>

[Guest callum]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

> or use MS's TweakUI 1.33 (for Win9x) to disable the 'feature' - still

> available at :-

> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

>

> Mart

 

Thank you for reply Mart, but I do already have tweak; and the box under the paranoia tab is ticked

to clear doc history.

What I really want, is for nothing to be placed there at all while the computer is running...

like, disabling the "function" altogether.(curious as to why you quoted that? was I in error?)

 

Callum

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

"callum" <callum@inter.com> wrote in message

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> > or use MS's TweakUI 1.33 (for Win9x) to disable the 'feature' - still

> > available at :-

> > http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

> Thank you for reply Mart, but I do already have tweak; and the box under

the paranoia tab is ticked

> to clear doc history.

> What I really want, is for nothing to be placed there at all while the

computer is running...

> like, disabling the "function" altogether.(curious as to why you quoted

that? was I in error?)

 

Everything in the Start Menu is either a standard Windows

shortcut (LNK file) or else a standard sub-folder, thus can

be managed like any other file or folder, e.g. simply

deleted if you prefer (or recreated if you decide you want

an item after all, customized with the contents you choose.)

I.e. just go to c:\windows\start menu -- which shows what

appears when you hit the Start button

or c:\windows\start menu\programs or

c:\windows\start menu\acceessories

-- which hold between them everything else. You can

rearrange or remove whatever you like.

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest Mart]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

Callum,

 

Besides Don's pertinent comments and perhaps in answer to your specific

points, there is an option on the Taskbar (or Start Menu) | Properties \

Advanced to clear recent documents (MRU) and there is a further option

(besides Paranoia) in TweakUI (under IE) to automatically clear stuff

including the 'Recent Document' history.

 

Mart

 

 

"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@rogers.com> wrote in message

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> "callum" <callum@inter.com> wrote in message

> news:u2meF$FJIHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>

>> > or use MS's TweakUI 1.33 (for Win9x) to disable the 'feature' - still

>> > available at :-

>> > http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

>

>> Thank you for reply Mart, but I do already have tweak; and the box under

> the paranoia tab is ticked

>> to clear doc history.

>> What I really want, is for nothing to be placed there at all while the

> computer is running...

>> like, disabling the "function" altogether.(curious as to why you quoted

> that? was I in error?)

>

> Everything in the Start Menu is either a standard Windows

> shortcut (LNK file) or else a standard sub-folder, thus can

> be managed like any other file or folder, e.g. simply

> deleted if you prefer (or recreated if you decide you want

> an item after all, customized with the contents you choose.)

> I.e. just go to c:\windows\start menu -- which shows what

> appears when you hit the Start button

> or c:\windows\start menu\programs or

> c:\windows\start menu\acceessories

> -- which hold between them everything else. You can

> rearrange or remove whatever you like.

>

> --

> Don Phillipson

> Carlsbad Springs

> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

>

[Guest ... et al.]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

callum wrote:

> When I click on Start (bot left) then slide up to Docs, I always find a list of about 15 items that

> were most recent;;

> My question is how can I disable this function? I dont wish the list to be there, I would prefer

> nothing to be shown.

>

> Win98SE.

 

( As always, you edit your registry yourself at your own peril. )

Use values 'NoRecentDocsMenu' and 'NoRecentDocsHistory' under

either of these keys:

HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

 

For example, merge a registry-file created from what's between

the dashed lines here.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REGEDIT4

 

[HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

"NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000001

; There needs to be a blank line below this one

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Using either 'hex:01,00,00,00' or 'dword:00000001' works for

these two values!

 

If you don't want 'Recent'-shortcuts created, after

creating/setting keys per above, verify that nothing exists or

gets created in '%WinDir%\Recent\'.

 

 

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[Guest glee]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

There are two or three settings you need to make in TweakUI, on the IE4 or IE tab,

depending on the version of TweakUI:

 

Enable: Clear document history

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

NoRecentDocsHistory (set to 1)

 

Disable: Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

ClearRecentDocsOnExit (set to 0)

 

Disable: Show Documents on Start Menu

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

NoRecentDocsMenu (set to 1)

(This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

 

 

"callum" <callum@inter.com> wrote in message

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>

>> or use MS's TweakUI 1.33 (for Win9x) to disable the 'feature' - still

>> available at :-

>> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

>>

>> Mart

>

> Thank you for reply Mart, but I do already have tweak; and the box under the

> paranoia tab is ticked

> to clear doc history.

> What I really want, is for nothing to be placed there at all while the computer is

> running...

> like, disabling the "function" altogether.(curious as to why you quoted that? was

> I in error?)

>

> Callum

>

>

[Guest callum]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

 

 

Thank you to all replyers....

Damn,,, I had a belly feeling that it would be a registry thing, and I'm not confident enough to do

some of the suggestions,, guess I'll have to live with it.

 

Callum

[Guest ... et al.]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

callum wrote:

> Thank you to all replyers....

> Damn,,, I had a belly feeling that it would be a registry thing, and I'm not confident enough to do

> some of the suggestions,, guess I'll have to live with it.

 

I didn't mean to scare you (too) much.

But i don't know yours or any other readers knowledge-level about

computers or this Windows-registry-database-thingy.

 

Glee and i independently posted the same core-info, so you can

have increased confidence about it that way.

If you don't dare try it yourself, save the info for when you

have some friend that knows a little more come over, or for when

you've on your own started playing around on that level.

 

 

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[Guest glee]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

The method I posted involves only using TweakUI, which you indicated you already

have installed. The Registry locations I posted kust yell you where in the Registry

TweakUI is making its settings.

 

Again:

 

There are two or three settings you need to make in TweakUI, on the IE4 or IE tab,

depending on the version of TweakUI:

 

Enable (check): Clear document history

 

Disable (uncheck): Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

 

Disable (uncheck): Show Documents on Start Menu

(This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

 

 

"callum" <callum@inter.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> Thank you to all replyers....

> Damn,,, I had a belly feeling that it would be a registry thing, and I'm not

> confident enough to do

> some of the suggestions,, guess I'll have to live with it.

>

> Callum

>

>

[Guest ... et al.]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

glee wrote:

> The method I posted involves only using TweakUI, which you indicated you

> already have installed. The Registry locations I posted kust yell you

> where in the Registry TweakUI is making its settings.

 

Indeed you were, indeed it did and indeed 'callum', the OP, had.

I didn't reread your first post from a few days earlier when i

made my followup. I don't have TweakUI installed at the moment,

but if the check-boxes are there; click, click, click and you're

done.

 

> Again:

>

> There are two or three settings you need to make in TweakUI, on the IE4

> or IE tab,

> depending on the version of TweakUI:

>

> Enable (check): Clear document history

>

> Disable (uncheck): Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

>

> Disable (uncheck): Show Documents on Start Menu

> (This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

 

 

--

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[Guest glee]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

Actually, a correction....

Only two of those settings are required:

 

TweakUI> the IE4 or IE tab:

 

Disable (uncheck): Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

 

Disable (uncheck): Show Documents on Start Menu

(This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

 

 

"... et al." <look@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message

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> glee wrote:

>

>> The method I posted involves only using TweakUI, which you indicated you already

>> have installed. The Registry locations I posted kust yell you where in the

>> Registry TweakUI is making its settings.

>

> Indeed you were, indeed it did and indeed 'callum', the OP, had.

> I didn't reread your first post from a few days earlier when i made my followup. I

> don't have TweakUI installed at the moment, but if the check-boxes are there;

> click, click, click and you're done.

>

>

>> Again:

>>

>> There are two or three settings you need to make in TweakUI, on the IE4 or IE

>> tab,

>> depending on the version of TweakUI:

>>

>> Enable (check): Clear document history

>>

>> Disable (uncheck): Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

>>

>> Disable (uncheck): Show Documents on Start Menu

>> (This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

>

>

> --

> Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

>

> Please followup in the newsgroup.

> E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

[Guest callum]

Re: Start Button then Documents,, the list

 

thanks guys....

its all good now thanks to re-reading post(s) about tweak.

 

callum

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message news:#ItbMvMLIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Actually, a correction....

> Only two of those settings are required:

>

> TweakUI> the IE4 or IE tab:

>

> Disable (uncheck): Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

>

> Disable (uncheck): Show Documents on Start Menu

> (This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

>

>

> "... et al." <look@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message

> news:eOK7nQELIHA.4228@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> > glee wrote:

> >

> >> The method I posted involves only using TweakUI, which you indicated you already

> >> have installed. The Registry locations I posted kust yell you where in the

> >> Registry TweakUI is making its settings.

> >

> > Indeed you were, indeed it did and indeed 'callum', the OP, had.

> > I didn't reread your first post from a few days earlier when i made my followup. I

> > don't have TweakUI installed at the moment, but if the check-boxes are there;

> > click, click, click and you're done.

> >

> >

> >> Again:

> >>

> >> There are two or three settings you need to make in TweakUI, on the IE4 or IE

> >> tab,

> >> depending on the version of TweakUI:

> >>

> >> Enable (check): Clear document history

> >>

> >> Disable (uncheck): Add new docs to Docs on Start Menu

> >>

> >> Disable (uncheck): Show Documents on Start Menu

> >> (This will remove the Docs menu item altogether)

> >

> >

> > --

> > Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

> >

> > Please followup in the newsgroup.

> > E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

>