I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project
name
remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to
acompiish
this but I can't find it.
Yes - even though all files have been deleted the reference the the projectsEcho S said:You mean in the most recently used list on the end of the File menu?
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jerryfrmmt said:I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project name
remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to
acompiish
this but I can't find it.
The list of open projects continues to appear even after all filesSteve Rindsberg said:I'm a little unclear on exactly what you're looking at in PPT.
Are you in the VBA editor/IDE? If so, every open PPT file represents a
project in the IDE, even if it's empty. You can't change that, but is it
a problem for some reason?
jerryfrmmt said:Yes - even though all files have been deleted the reference the the
projects
continue to appear. Since they lead nowhere I see no reason why they
should
continue to be there. How do you get rid of them?
Echo S said:jerryfrmmt said:Yes - even though all files have been deleted the reference the the
projects
continue to appear. Since they lead nowhere I see no reason why they
should
continue to be there. How do you get rid of them?
You'd have to clear out the whole MRU, as far as I know. You can do that in
Tools | Options | General. Change the recently used list to 0 and close the
dialog to get rid of them. Then you can change it back to whatever you want
(up to 9 in PPT 2003 and earlier).
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This solution shortens the list but does not remove the reference to any non existent projects. If the list is expanded later the "phantom" projects are back but it will work for me. Thanks.
pertaining to them have been deleted. I guess the only problem I have is
that I don't see any reason to have a list of projects that don't exist
cluttering up the list of those that do.
Steve Rindsberg said:The list of open projects continues to appear even after all files
pertaining to them have been deleted. I guess the only problem I have is
that I don't see any reason to have a list of projects that don't exist
cluttering up the list of those that do.
OK got it. [Nod of thanks to Echo for asking the right followup question]
For future ref, that's called the MRU (Most Recently Used) list in GeekSpeek.
One way to change it is to open files that do exist. That'll fill it up with
real files rather than bogus ones.
Otherwise, you have to hit the registry. First, think about whether the risk
is worth the reward; muck up the wrong bits in there and you can seriously mess
up your computer.
The MRU list is stored here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Recent File List
The file names are in a series of entries named File1 ... File9
Delete the entries to remove the files from the MRU.
Do this with PPT shut down.
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Thanks - I'm always for the easiest solution that doesn't carry potential bad things with it. Restricting the number of projects in the MRU to the ones that really are current works for me. I appreciate your help.
In 2007I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project name
remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to acompiish
this but I can't find it.