Wesley Vogel said:
William-digging a hole said:Thanks for the reply Wesley. This unfortunately, did not solve my
problem. I added the ClearRecentDocsOnExit string, but this had no
effect. (see attached) The REGEDIT also did not show a MRU. I muset be
iin the wrong place or something is dreadfully wrong?
thanks, william
Wesley Vogel said:
Wesley Vogel said:I don't understand, William.
When/how did you get the...
File not found!
The file you requested does not exist. It may have been deleted or the URL
is incorrect.
....error?
What were you doing when you got the error?
System Mechanic, Fresh UI, Disk Cleaner & MRU-Blaster can all clean out the
Run Dialog MRU. There are also other utilities that can also clean out the
Run Dialog MRU.
Like I stated in my first post, manually clicking the Clear button can also
clean out the Run MRU.
TweakUI has these settings, the second one which can clear it:
Allow Recent Documents on Start menu corresponds to NoRecentDocsMenu.
Clear document history on exit corresponds to ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
Maintain document history corresponds to NoRecentDocsHistory.
If XP Pro, Group Policy has these settings, the third one can clear it:
Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu; NoRecentDocsMenu.
Do not keep history of recently opened documents; NoRecentDocsHistory.
Clear history of recently opened documents on exit; ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
The Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit can exist in two registry keys.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and/or
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
If either one exists and is set to 1, the Documents menu is emptied when the
user logs off and clears the Run history.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InWilliam-digging a hole said:Thanks for the reply Wesley. This unfortunately, did not solve my
problem. I added the ClearRecentDocsOnExit string, but this had no
effect. (see attached) The REGEDIT also did not show a MRU. I muset be
iin the wrong place or something is dreadfully wrong?
thanks, william
Wesley Vogel said:
William-digging a hole said:PART 1 -it took me awhile to figure out what you were referring to RE:
file not found.. What it was was; I attempted to give you a screen shot
of the REGEDIT that I was working on and the screen shot URL gave you the
file not found errror. I guess I didn't pass it on right. But ta ta ta
Part 2 - your second post added
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" and
that was my problem. "ClearRecentDocsOnExit" was set to '1' here while
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit" did not exit on HKCU which was mentioned as a
place to look in your first post. As soon as I changed HKLM to zero my
problem went away. But I wanted to figure out what file not found was
referring to before I responded.
OK, problem is solved and I thank you for your time and patience.
As a follow up to Part 1 and my attempt to send you a screen shot, it is
allowed to pass a URL from www.postthatpix.com in this forum?
thakks, william
Wesley Vogel said:I don't understand, William.
When/how did you get the...
File not found!
The file you requested does not exist. It may have been deleted or the
URL is incorrect.
....error?
What were you doing when you got the error?
System Mechanic, Fresh UI, Disk Cleaner & MRU-Blaster can all clean out
the Run Dialog MRU. There are also other utilities that can also clean
out the Run Dialog MRU.
Like I stated in my first post, manually clicking the Clear button can
also clean out the Run MRU.
TweakUI has these settings, the second one which can clear it:
Allow Recent Documents on Start menu corresponds to NoRecentDocsMenu.
Clear document history on exit corresponds to ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
Maintain document history corresponds to NoRecentDocsHistory.
If XP Pro, Group Policy has these settings, the third one can clear it:
Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu; NoRecentDocsMenu.
Do not keep history of recently opened documents; NoRecentDocsHistory.
Clear history of recently opened documents on exit;
ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
The Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit can exist in two registry keys.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and/or
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
If either one exists and is set to 1, the Documents menu is emptied when
the user logs off and clears the Run history.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InWilliam-digging a hole said:Thanks for the reply Wesley. This unfortunately, did not solve my
problem. I added the ClearRecentDocsOnExit string, but this had no
effect. (see attached) The REGEDIT also did not show a MRU. I muset
be iin the wrong place or something is dreadfully wrong?
thanks, william
:
Start Menu RUN history (RunMRU) is cleared on every restart
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/runmru.htm
RunMRU listing - Sources
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rundel.htm
Besides the Run MRU (Most Recently Used) list, this also clears...
IE History, AutoComplete, Clear the TIF, Clear the Run MRU, Typed
URL's and Clear List:
XP Start Menu:
You have to switch to Classic long enough to get the Clear button.
Right click the Start button | Properties | Select Classic Start Menu |
Customize button | Clear button | Click OK | Select Start menu | Click
Apply |Click OK
Classic Start Menu:
Right click the Start button | Properties | Customize button | Clear
button
Clear button
[[Removes the list of recently accessed documents, programs, and Web
sites from the Documents menu.]]
The XP Start Menu Clear button does not clear the Run MRU. The Classic
Start Menu Clear button will clear everything in the Run MRU.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In William-digging a hole <[email protected]>
hunted and pecked:
I changed something, but dont know what. When I reboot, the previous
entries from START|RUN are cleared. What do I need to do so the items
are not cleared? thanks william
Wesley Vogel said:Hi William,
I see the problem now. Duh.
http://postthatpic.com/files/1827/runMLU.JPG[/IMG
[/IMG became part of the url, so the url didn't work.
http://postthatpic.com/files/1827/runMLU.JPG is the correct url.
I see it now. All that screen shot shows is...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: 00
Two things wrong there. The Value Data should be 0, not 00. And the Data
Type should be a REG_DWORD not REG_BINARY. If things are working right you
can leave it as it is. Or just delete the ClearRecentDocsOnExit Value Name,
which is the same thing as being set to 0.
There is no need to take a screen shot anyway.
To copy a registry key name.
1. In the registry tree (on the left), click a registry key.
2. On the Edit menu, click Copy Key Name.
3. Paste the name of the registry key into another program or document.
Or...
1. In the registry tree (on the left), right click a registry key.
2. Select Copy Key Name.
3. Paste the name of the registry key into another program or document.
I.e. this was copied that way and then pasted into this message...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
This is a newsgroup, microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage, to be
exact, not a forum. And you can post any url that your heart desires.
However, www.postthatpix.com is another no good url. www.postthatpic.com is
probably what you meant.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InWilliam-digging a hole said:PART 1 -it took me awhile to figure out what you were referring to RE:
file not found.. What it was was; I attempted to give you a screen shot
of the REGEDIT that I was working on and the screen shot URL gave you the
file not found errror. I guess I didn't pass it on right. But ta ta ta
Part 2 - your second post added
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" and
that was my problem. "ClearRecentDocsOnExit" was set to '1' here while
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit" did not exit on HKCU which was mentioned as a
place to look in your first post. As soon as I changed HKLM to zero my
problem went away. But I wanted to figure out what file not found was
referring to before I responded.
OK, problem is solved and I thank you for your time and patience.
As a follow up to Part 1 and my attempt to send you a screen shot, it is
allowed to pass a URL from www.postthatpix.com in this forum?
thakks, william
Wesley Vogel said:I don't understand, William.
When/how did you get the...
File not found!
The file you requested does not exist. It may have been deleted or the
URL is incorrect.
....error?
What were you doing when you got the error?
System Mechanic, Fresh UI, Disk Cleaner & MRU-Blaster can all clean out
the Run Dialog MRU. There are also other utilities that can also clean
out the Run Dialog MRU.
Like I stated in my first post, manually clicking the Clear button can
also clean out the Run MRU.
TweakUI has these settings, the second one which can clear it:
Allow Recent Documents on Start menu corresponds to NoRecentDocsMenu.
Clear document history on exit corresponds to ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
Maintain document history corresponds to NoRecentDocsHistory.
If XP Pro, Group Policy has these settings, the third one can clear it:
Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu; NoRecentDocsMenu.
Do not keep history of recently opened documents; NoRecentDocsHistory.
Clear history of recently opened documents on exit;
ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
The Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit can exist in two registry keys.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and/or
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
If either one exists and is set to 1, the Documents menu is emptied when
the user logs off and clears the Run history.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In William-digging a hole <[email protected]>
hunted and pecked:
Thanks for the reply Wesley. This unfortunately, did not solve my
problem. I added the ClearRecentDocsOnExit string, but this had no
effect. (see attached) The REGEDIT also did not show a MRU. I muset
be iin the wrong place or something is dreadfully wrong?
thanks, william
:
Start Menu RUN history (RunMRU) is cleared on every restart
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/runmru.htm
RunMRU listing - Sources
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rundel.htm
Besides the Run MRU (Most Recently Used) list, this also clears...
IE History, AutoComplete, Clear the TIF, Clear the Run MRU, Typed
URL's and Clear List:
XP Start Menu:
You have to switch to Classic long enough to get the Clear button.
Right click the Start button | Properties | Select Classic Start Menu |
Customize button | Clear button | Click OK | Select Start menu | Click
Apply |Click OK
Classic Start Menu:
Right click the Start button | Properties | Customize button | Clear
button
Clear button
[[Removes the list of recently accessed documents, programs, and Web
sites from the Documents menu.]]
The XP Start Menu Clear button does not clear the Run MRU. The Classic
Start Menu Clear button will clear everything in the Run MRU.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In William-digging a hole <[email protected]>
hunted and pecked:
I changed something, but dont know what. When I reboot, the previous
entries from START|RUN are cleared. What do I need to do so the items
are not cleared? thanks william
William-digging a hole said:Hi Wes: juset a follow up to let you know that this solved my problem.
Thanks a million.
William
Wesley Vogel said:Hi William,
I see the problem now. Duh.
http://postthatpic.com/files/1827/runMLU.JPG[/IMG
[/IMG became part of the url, so the url didn't work.
http://postthatpic.com/files/1827/runMLU.JPG is the correct url.
I see it now. All that screen shot shows is...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: 00
Two things wrong there. The Value Data should be 0, not 00. And the
Data Type should be a REG_DWORD not REG_BINARY. If things are working
right you can leave it as it is. Or just delete the
ClearRecentDocsOnExit Value Name, which is the same thing as being set
to 0.
There is no need to take a screen shot anyway.
To copy a registry key name.
1. In the registry tree (on the left), click a registry key.
2. On the Edit menu, click Copy Key Name.
3. Paste the name of the registry key into another program or document.
Or...
1. In the registry tree (on the left), right click a registry key.
2. Select Copy Key Name.
3. Paste the name of the registry key into another program or document.
I.e. this was copied that way and then pasted into this message...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
This is a newsgroup, microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage, to
be exact, not a forum. And you can post any url that your heart desires.
However, www.postthatpix.com is another no good url.
www.postthatpic.com is probably what you meant.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InWilliam-digging a hole said:PART 1 -it took me awhile to figure out what you were referring to RE:
file not found.. What it was was; I attempted to give you a screen shot
of the REGEDIT that I was working on and the screen shot URL gave you
the file not found errror. I guess I didn't pass it on right. But ta
ta ta
Part 2 - your second post added
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" and
that was my problem. "ClearRecentDocsOnExit" was set to '1' here while
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit" did not exit on HKCU which was mentioned as a
place to look in your first post. As soon as I changed HKLM to zero my
problem went away. But I wanted to figure out what file not found was
referring to before I responded.
OK, problem is solved and I thank you for your time and patience.
As a follow up to Part 1 and my attempt to send you a screen shot, it is
allowed to pass a URL from www.postthatpix.com in this forum?
thakks, william
:
I don't understand, William.
When/how did you get the...
File not found!
The file you requested does not exist. It may have been deleted or the
URL is incorrect.
....error?
What were you doing when you got the error?
System Mechanic, Fresh UI, Disk Cleaner & MRU-Blaster can all clean out
the Run Dialog MRU. There are also other utilities that can also clean
out the Run Dialog MRU.
Like I stated in my first post, manually clicking the Clear button can
also clean out the Run MRU.
TweakUI has these settings, the second one which can clear it:
Allow Recent Documents on Start menu corresponds to NoRecentDocsMenu.
Clear document history on exit corresponds to ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
Maintain document history corresponds to NoRecentDocsHistory.
If XP Pro, Group Policy has these settings, the third one can clear it:
Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu; NoRecentDocsMenu.
Do not keep history of recently opened documents; NoRecentDocsHistory.
Clear history of recently opened documents on exit;
ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
The Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit can exist in two registry keys.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and/or
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
If either one exists and is set to 1, the Documents menu is emptied
when the user logs off and clears the Run history.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In William-digging a hole <[email protected]>
hunted and pecked:
Thanks for the reply Wesley. This unfortunately, did not solve my
problem. I added the ClearRecentDocsOnExit string, but this had no
effect. (see attached) The REGEDIT also did not show a MRU. I muset
be iin the wrong place or something is dreadfully wrong?
thanks, william
:
Start Menu RUN history (RunMRU) is cleared on every restart
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/runmru.htm
RunMRU listing - Sources
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rundel.htm
Besides the Run MRU (Most Recently Used) list, this also clears...
IE History, AutoComplete, Clear the TIF, Clear the Run MRU, Typed
URL's and Clear List:
XP Start Menu:
You have to switch to Classic long enough to get the Clear button.
Right click the Start button | Properties | Select Classic Start
Menu | Customize button | Clear button | Click OK | Select Start
menu | Click Apply |Click OK
Classic Start Menu:
Right click the Start button | Properties | Customize button | Clear
button
Clear button
[[Removes the list of recently accessed documents, programs, and Web
sites from the Documents menu.]]
The XP Start Menu Clear button does not clear the Run MRU. The
Classic Start Menu Clear button will clear everything in the Run MRU.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In William-digging a hole
<[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I changed something, but dont know what. When I reboot, the
previous entries from START|RUN are cleared. What do I need to do
so the items are not cleared? thanks william