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No entry of documents accessed recently in recent documents option of start menu.

This setting disables the recording of an entry into "Recent Documents" option of Start Menu.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting does not permit Windows to create and display of the shortcuts to recently accessed documents. All the shortcuts in the documents option on the Start menu are removed and no new entries are created in Win 98. In other operating systems it prevents new shortcuts to be added to the existing list. It does not remove the existing ones. Normally, a document is recorded there, where it is accessed and reviewed easily. System defaults come into the force as soon as this setting is disabled.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Create a DWORD value name “NoRecentDocsHistory” in the right panel, if it does not exist. Right-click it and modify the data value with “1” to enable the setting.

Click “OK” and close the registry editor.

Restart the system or logoff to see the changes taking effect.

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No Recent Docs History.reg

The ".reg" file can disable entry of recently accessed documents in recent documents option of start menu.

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Recent Docs History Enabled (Default).reg

The ".reg" file can enable entry of recently accessed documents in recent documents option of start menu.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

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

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

NoRecentDocsHistory

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.

Documents entries are not visible in the Recent Documents option of start menu.

Documents entries are visible in the Recent Documents option of start menu.

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

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\], right-click in the open area and create a new DWORD value "NoRecentDocsHistory".

Third, right-click on the "NoRecentDocsHistory" DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the 'Value Data' field and click on 'OK'.