Erasing Document History in XP

[Perryg114]

How do you erase the document history under the start menu in XP. I use to be able to do this in 98SE but can't seem to figure it out in XP.

Thanks

Perry

 

[DaTT]

with your cursor over the document you want erased.....right click and choose delete

 

[Perryg114]

Does that not delete the whole file instead of the history?

Perry

 

[DaTT]

Are you talking about "My Recent Documents"?

 

[Perryg114]

Yes my recent documents list in the start menu I want to clear it out.

Perry

 

[DaTT]

OK...jut do what I said up above

 

[MrYogi]

control panel - task bar and startmenu - startmenu - customize - clear

 

[DaTT]

he's asking for Recent Documents....not shortcut lists

 

[MrYogi]

Originally posted by: DaTT
he's asking for Recent Documents....not shortcut lists

i think he is asking for the recent documents history. then the method i said should work. if you are using windows xp start menu and not classic,

To clear the My Recent Documents list, follow these steps:
Right-click Start, and then click Properties. Or, if the Start menu is already displayed, right-click an empty area of the Start menu, and then click Properties.
Click Customize.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Recent documents, click Clear List, click OK, and then click OK. Your most recently used documents are removed from the My Recent Documents folder. Note that this action does not delete the documents from your hard disk.