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Clear the computer names searched on a network.

This setting allows you to clear the names of all computers that were passed as arguments while searching a computer on the network.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me

Description:

Window provides with the option to look for a computer if you are a part of the network. Search can be carried out on computer name, and with every search a list, as drop-down information, is shown depicting the names on which the previous searches were conducted.

With this setting you can clear this most recently used search list.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. When in “FindComputerMRU” folder, select all the values in the right-pane and press delete. It will delete the list of all searches conducted from Find dialog box.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindComputerMRU\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

a,b,c to MRUList

Value Action :

Deleted

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The Computer names on which previous searches were made is deleted.

The Computer names of a network on which previous searches were made is displayed.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Next, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindComputerMRU\] key, select the values a, b to MRUList, right-click and click on "Delete".