How do you get rid of the whole Recent Documents Menu in XP?

[jfall]

You know, the one when you click Start.. it says `Documents` and it has the last 15 or so documents you used. I want to get rid of the thing all together so Documents doesn't even show on the start menu. Is there a way I can do this?

 

[rushr]

Taskbar & start menu properties > Start menu tab > Customize > Advanced tab

 

[mastertech01]

Right click the start button, and select properties, select coustomize, select advanced,and at the bottom deselect the box which says "List my most recently opened documents" and apply.. all fixed

 

[mastertech01]

rushr, your quicker than this old man.. 🙂

 

[jfall]

Sorry, I should of specified this but I didn't know it made a difference.. i'm using the Classic start menu.. your method only works with the new XP start menu.

 

[Doh!]

Get MS PowerToys for XP. MS took it down but you can find it easily. Even the older version should do the trick (win2k version or older).

I meant TweakUI included in the powertoys. The older version is a stand-alone application.

 

[jfall]

I found the way to do it, just incase anyone ever searches for the answer to this:

1. Open Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Create a new DWORD value called NoRecentDocsMenu.
4. Modify the new key and change the value to 1
5. Exit Regedit and restart your computer.