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Clearing the Run MRU entries in Windows Vista
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By Ramesh Srinivasan
Published on January 30, 2007
 
The Run dialog box in the Start menu stores the list of more recently used (MRU) commands typed earlier. This article describes how to clear the Run MRU entries.
Clearing the Run MRU entries in Windows Vista

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.