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Hide “My Recent Documents” in new Start menu.

This tweak can control the display of “My Recent Documents” in new Start menu.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003

Description:

Recent Documents option provides you recently accessed or opened files or folders, which may have important notes, records, pictures, images, audio files etc.

To avoid the display of “My Recent Documents” in new Start menu, apply this registry setting.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “Start_ShowRecentDocs”, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “0” which can hide “My Recent Documents” item from the new Start menu. However, if you want to show the item back, change the value data to “1” or delete the value.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
This setting will have no effect if you use the Classic Start menu display in Windows.

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Hide Recent Docs in Start Menu.reg

The '.reg' file can hide "My Recent Documents" item from the new Start Menu.

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Show Recent Docs in Start Menu (Default).Reg

The '.reg' file can show "My Recent Documents" item in the new Start Menu.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

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

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Start_ShowRecentDocs

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

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

'My Recent Documents' item is hidden from the new Start Menu display.

'My Recent Documents' icon is visible in the new Start Menu, by default.

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

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\] and create a new 'DWORD value' as "Start_ShowRecentDocs".

Right Click on "Start_ShowRecentDocs" and select 'Modify'.

Finally, set the value data as "0" and click 'OK' to hide 'My Recent Documents' item from the new Start Menu.