Word 2003
If you want to delete them all then set tools options general recently
used files to 0, confirm the change, then change it back to the number it
was previously.
See also
http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm
If you want to selectively delete, then it gets altogether more complicated,
but friend and fellow MVP Greg Maxey has done all the work - see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm
Word 2007
The list is stored in the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12\Wor d\FileMRU, from where you
can delete individual entries
or
You can use the following macro which will reset the list to your preset
preferred number of displayed documents:
Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub
See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or again to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Nicole wrote:
How do I Delete a file that says "The directory name is not valid"? I
have a whole list of files that state that and I want to get them off
of my Recent Documents list.