W7Pro64 Clearing Recent Docs

[BarkingGhostar]

I like a tidy ship. Recently, I opened the Recent Items folder under the Start menu and removed everything. I next went into Word 2007 (as part of the Office 200&) and set the number of recent documents listed to zero (0). Rebooted.

Word 2007 is pinned to the taskbar and this morning I noticed that when right-clicking the pinned icon there is still a list of recent Word documents. I thought this was nutty so I started removing the items, one at a time.

OK, I had removed over three dozen items and the list started to show document names from like two plus years ago! Seriously, how does one clean up this recent documents list? BTW, I checked Excel 2007 and the same behavior.

I'm honestly not sure if this is a Windows 7 Professional issue or a Microsoft Office 2007 application core functionality issue. Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?

 

[BarkingGhostar]

BTW, inside the Word 2007 there is no longer a list of recent documents being displayed. The only place displaying items is when I right-click on the pinned icon for the respective Office application.

 

[xSauronx]

I'm honestly not sure if this is a Windows 7 Professional issue or a Microsoft Office 2007 application core functionality issue. Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?

you want to clear out the jump lists. its not an "issue" so much as an option and clearing the list clears all items on taskbar icons.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/clear-lists-on-the-start-menu-and-taskbar