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Clear run history in Vista and Windows XP
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How to clear run history in Vista and Windows XP
Clear All History helps you clear run history with one click. If you want, you can schedule Clear All History to automatically clear run history. Shredder option makes recovering deleted information absolutely impossible.
How to clear run history on Start Menu
Windows Start Menu contains a list of recently run programs which will be shown once Start button is clicked. Whenever users run program, Windows will keep tracks of this information, build a list of recently run programs and rank them according how frequently the programs are used. By default, Windows Start Menu contains 9 recently run programs.
Windows keeps full run history under the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist
If you don't clear UserAssist data, it can compromise your privacy and security and increase the number of entries in the registry slowing down your PC performance.
How do I clear run history on Start menu in Vista?
To clear Run history in Vista (clear Start menu run history)
• Click 'Start' button.
• Select 'Settings'.
• Select 'Taskbar and Start Menu Properties'.
• Open 'Start menu' tab.
• Click 'Customize'.
• To clear recently run programs click 'Clear' button.
• Click 'OK' to clear Start menu run history.
Using Clear All History you can clear Vista Run history with one click or you can set scheduler to clear recent run programs automatically.
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How do I clear run history on Start menu in Windows XP?
To clear run history in Windows XP (recent run programs):
• Right-click on 'Start' button.
• Select 'Properties'.
• Open 'Start menu' tab.
• Click 'Customize'.
• To clear recently run programs click 'Clear' button.
• Click 'OK' to clear Start menu run history.
Using Clear All History you can clear Windows Run history from Start menu with one click or you can set scheduler to clear recent run programs list automatically.
How can I clear Run history (Clear Run command history)?
Windows saves a list of programs you type in 'Run' dialog box.
Windows Run history is the history of files and programs you have run using 'Run' command. Run history is stored under the Windows 'Start' -> 'Run'.
Windows Run history is stored in the registry in location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU.
To protect your privacy, you can clear run history
To clear an entry from Run history:
• Click 'Start' button.
• Select 'Run'.
• Start the registry editor (regedit.exe) - in the text field type regedit and press 'Enter'
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
On the right panel you will see the list of programs that you have run using 'Run' command.
• Right-click on the program you want to delete and click 'Delete' or select Edit -> Delete.
• Click Yes for confirmation.
• Close the registry editor.
Note: You will need to restart your computer to apply changes.
Attention: Do not edit any registry entries unless you are certain that you know what you are doing as you can potentially corrupt your operating system.
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Clear History FAQ
• How to clear Recent documents on Windows XP/2000
• Right-click the Start button and choose "Properties".
• Then click "Customize".
• Click the "Advanced" tab
• To clear 'My Recent Documents folder' click "Clear List" and then click "OK".
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