Registry RMU's (ComDlg32)

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I have recently found out about MRU's. MRU lists contain information such as the names and locations of the last files you have accessed. They are located all over your registry, and for almost any file type. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what files you opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and much more. I recently downloaded and used MRU-Blaster " http://www.wilderssecurity.net/mrublaster.html " to clear many out but i noticed there were many left in a registry key " HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32 " mainly in a sub-key " OpenSaveMRU ".

I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are (since i've done a whole days search through google and found nothing good) and if they are really that important, important enough not to delete. I wanna see if there's a way to not be traceable on your computer but obviously these keys still hold a ton of stuff, check it out on your computer.

Please email me and respond here, copy and paste! I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are and what do they do that's so important? WinXP (only relevant newsgroup really)
 
Tyler said:
Please email me and respond here, copy and paste! I was wondering what
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exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are and what do they do that's
so important? WinXP (only relevant newsgroup really)

This group is for Windows 2000, not Windows XP, and we don't do email.

THe MRU lists under ComDLG32 contain the information used to populate the
drop-down lists in the Open/Save dialog. They're intended to be a
convenience for the user. The cost of that convenience is a potential
loss of privacy. If you regard the cost as to great, or just don't regard
the drop-downs as useful, you can delete the entries. Windows will go
right on creating new ones, though, so you'll have to repeat the cleanup
periodically. I don't know whether the feature can be suppressed.
 
"Tyler" said in news:[email protected]:
I have recently found out about MRU's. MRU lists contain information
such as the names and locations of the last files you have accessed.
They are located all over your registry, and for almost any file
type. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what
files you opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and
much more. I recently downloaded and used MRU-Blaster "
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/mrublaster.html " to clear many out
but i noticed there were many left in a registry key "
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg3
2
" mainly in a sub-key " OpenSaveMRU ".

I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are
(since i've done a whole days search through google and found nothing
good) and if they are really that important, important enough not to
delete. I wanna see if there's a way to not be traceable on your
computer but obviously these keys still hold a ton of stuff, check it
out on your computer.

Please email me and respond here, copy and paste! I was wondering
what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are and what do they
do that's so important? WinXP (only relevant newsgroup really)
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I haven't used MRU Blaster much because of its all or nothing approach.
Having to deselect hundreds of entries one by one (since there is no way to
select multiples or all) to clear just a few desired MRU lists makes the
product unusable to me. The author has been informed and states new
features will show up in the next version to provide more granular selection
and also to show which registry key will be affected by each item shown in
the found list.

I thought MRU Blaster had an option where you could define your own registry
keys for MRU lists that you know of (and should then report to the author)
but the current list used by MRU Blaster doesn't know of.
 
"Tyler" said in news:[email protected]:
I have recently found out about MRU's. MRU lists contain information
such as the names and locations of the last files you have accessed.
They are located all over your registry, and for almost any file
type. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what
files you opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and
much more. I recently downloaded and used MRU-Blaster "
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/mrublaster.html " to clear many out
but i noticed there were many left in a registry key "
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg3
2
" mainly in a sub-key " OpenSaveMRU ".

I was wondering what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are
(since i've done a whole days search through google and found nothing
good) and if they are really that important, important enough not to
delete. I wanna see if there's a way to not be traceable on your
computer but obviously these keys still hold a ton of stuff, check it
out on your computer.

Please email me and respond here, copy and paste! I was wondering
what exactly ComDlg32 and its subkey OpenSaveMRU are and what do they
do that's so important? WinXP (only relevant newsgroup really)
Click to expand...

I haven't used MRU Blaster much because of its all or nothing approach.
Having to deselect hundreds of entries one by one (since there is no way to
select multiples or all) to clear just a few desired MRU lists makes the
product unusable to me. The author has been informed and states new
features will show up in the next version to provide more granular selection
and also to show which registry key will be affected by each item shown in
the found list.

I thought MRU Blaster had an option where you could define your own registry
keys for MRU lists that you know of (and should then report to the author)
but the current list used by MRU Blaster doesn't know of.
 
There isn't one, and people ALWAYS bitch when we right in this one. Until MS catches up, this is where my stuff is going.
 
What is the group for the Windows XP registry, then?
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I'd think any of the following would be a better choice than this one.

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
 
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