how to clear list of recently opened folders or files in windows xp

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 01 Nov 2004 11:09 PST

Hi tonytiger,

Try this: 

1. Right-click Start 
2. Click Properties 
3. On Start Menu tab, click Start Menu Customize.
4. On Advanced tab, unclick List my most recently opened documents to
prevent recently accessed documents from appearing
-- or -- 
On Advanced tab, click the Clear List button to clear the current list
out of the Start Menu.

Let me know if that works for you and I will post it as an official answer.

Best regards,
Rainbow

To clean temporary files such as the one you mentioned is actually
pretty easy with the Disk Cleaner program. All you have to do is
download it from http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/ at the download tab at
the left side, install it, and run the program.  It should give you a
list of file histories or temporary files that you can clean. There is
also an FAQ page for any questions you may have.
Bomanator

hi
try this
1. go to ur primary drive(the drive where ur os(win xp) is instaled)
2. opean the folder with the name of the user whose history u want to delete
3. there is folder with the name "My Recent Documents", which contain
all the .lnk files(they are actuall shortcut's) deleat all deleat the
only the ones u want
p.s. "My Recent Documents" is a hidden folder to view in the menu do 
tools-folder options-view-and click on show hidden files and folders
radio button, dont forget to change the settings to dont show hidden
files after finishing....

note although there are a lot of .lnk files only the most relevent 12
are shown when u go through start menu it can be varied

hi again im very sorry before step 2.
include this step
1.5. opean "Documents and Settings" now do as in step 2.