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Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Jason5670 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:27:38 -0000

that just doesnt work why is this so hard to delete old file names in the drop down box

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Wiqarali — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:37:52 -0000

The better way would be to change your menu style to classic , then go to properties and customize and clear the items history,

after that you can again switch to new menu style while the list will be cleared.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

mixmaster — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:54:48 -0000

Thanks Drew....that worked, what I did was uncheck both boxes and clicked apply then the "recent" was gone, then I went back and re-checked them, which brought the recent back and it was empty at that point.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Drew — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:59:58 -0000

right click on the bottom and go to properties then start menu and at the bottom it says privacy and gives you to options to unclick "store and display a list of recently opened files"

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Keill Randor — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:09:42 -0000

You can delete if you hover the mouse over the file that you want to delete - it should go light blue. Then press Ctrl + Del. You can use the cursor keys to move up and down the file list.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Ccc221 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:51:46 -0000

You can switch the start menu to the classic view as in XP by right clicking on a blank space which gives you properties...click on properties, click on start menu, select classic...apply...click on customize...clear records option is there, as before.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Helpful Anon — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:11:38 -0000

If you right click and click open, you can select them all and delete them that way.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

divyang — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:52:25 -0000

i can't get "clear recent items" by right clicking recent items.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Ticked off at Vista — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:45:29 -0000

Ditto for me, I don't get a drop down list. Anyone know where the folder is that stores these so I can just delete everything from it like I used to in XP?

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

zakirsolangi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:25:42 -0000

thanks

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Steve — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:47:02 -0000

I have to agree with the others who say there is no "Clear Recent Items List". Clicking Explore brings up Windows Explorer pointing to the Recent folder where you can then delete all (or selected) shortcuts.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Phil — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:16:13 -0000

Not true...like Jesse above,..clear recent items, is not show as a choice on my list

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

abhijeet — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:03:25 -0000

just follow the steps given above...that is
click start->right click recent items->clear recent items will appear. click it
voila

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

fl4ir — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:49:19 -0000

whys it always crash windows explorer when i try clear recent items? i think it could be to do with long filenames but its so annoying. i see why some ppl hate vista when they cant get simple thing like this right, or offer a fix. =(

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

Jesse — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:03:49 -0000

When I right click on Recent Items. Clear recent items list is not a choice on the menue. It used to be a menue choice but it's gone. i'd like it back. Any Ideas on how to get back.

Re: Vista: Clear Recent Items

roger — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:45:17 -0000

it does not get cleared altogether..........the questionable material still comes out on recent items list when we search