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How do you remove past items from file history drop down box

Nepatsfan
Thu Apr 03 09:20:43 PDT 2008

"cavalier" <cavalier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do you remove past items from file history drop down box


First, close Paint if it is open.
Next, open the Registry Editor, Start -> Run -> regedit.exe, and navigate to the
following registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent
File List

In the right hand pane, right click the entries representing recently opened
image files and select Delete from the menu. They should be listed as File1,
File2, File3, and File4.

If you're looking for an automated way to delete these entries, you can use
CCleaner.

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Once the program is installed, launch CCleaner and uncheck any entries on the
Windows tab that you don't want deleted. Next, click on the Applications tab and
check MS Paint. Hit the Analyze button to see what will be deleted. Hit the Run
Cleaner button to remove the entries.

Note: I would advise against using the registry cleaner feature included with
this program.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

cavalier
Thu Apr 03 11:01:01 PDT 2008

Thankyou very much you are a gentleman

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> "cavalier" <cavalier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:42DF2FAF-A71A-44FB-BBD8-643960BFB70F@microsoft.com...
> > How do you remove past items from file history drop down box
>
>
> First, close Paint if it is open.
> Next, open the Registry Editor, Start -> Run -> regedit.exe, and navigate to the
> following registry key.
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent
> File List
>
> In the right hand pane, right click the entries representing recently opened
> image files and select Delete from the menu. They should be listed as File1,
> File2, File3, and File4.
>
> If you're looking for an automated way to delete these entries, you can use
> CCleaner.
>
> CCleaner
> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> Once the program is installed, launch CCleaner and uncheck any entries on the
> Windows tab that you don't want deleted. Next, click on the Applications tab and
> check MS Paint. Hit the Analyze button to see what will be deleted. Hit the Run
> Cleaner button to remove the entries.
>
> Note: I would advise against using the registry cleaner feature included with
> this program.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

Nepatsfan
Thu Apr 03 12:22:24 PDT 2008

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

"cavalier" <cavalier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thankyou very much you are a gentleman
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> "cavalier" <cavalier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:42DF2FAF-A71A-44FB-BBD8-643960BFB70F@microsoft.com...
>> > How do you remove past items from file history drop down box
>>
>>
>> First, close Paint if it is open.
>> Next, open the Registry Editor, Start -> Run -> regedit.exe, and navigate to
>> the
>> following registry key.
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent
>> File List
>>
>> In the right hand pane, right click the entries representing recently opened
>> image files and select Delete from the menu. They should be listed as File1,
>> File2, File3, and File4.
>>
>> If you're looking for an automated way to delete these entries, you can use
>> CCleaner.
>>
>> CCleaner
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> Once the program is installed, launch CCleaner and uncheck any entries on the
>> Windows tab that you don't want deleted. Next, click on the Applications tab
>> and
>> check MS Paint. Hit the Analyze button to see what will be deleted. Hit the
>> Run
>> Cleaner button to remove the entries.
>>
>> Note: I would advise against using the registry cleaner feature included with
>> this program.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
>>