Summary

The Run dialog box in the Start menu stores a list of more recently used (MRU) commands typed earlier. This article describes how to clear the RUN MRU entries.

Clearing the Run MRU, Common File dialog MRU, Typed URLs

  • Right-click the Taskbar and choose Properties
  • Select the Start Menu tab
  • Uncheck the following option:

Store and display a list of recently opened programs

  • Click Apply.

The Run MRU entries, Common Dialog file name MRU, and the Typed URLs listing in Internet Explorer are now cleared.

  • Re-enable the above option and click OK.

Note: Disabling the above option deletes the Run command entries and prevents storage of recent entries for the Run command.