[barbatcamp]

I removed the filed from the hard drive but they still appear in a list in
the file menu of WORD under recent documents. How do I remove the names of
the files from the list.

[Graham Mayor]

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 to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



barbatcamp wrote:
I removed the filed from the hard drive but they still appear in a
list in the file menu of WORD under recent documents. How do I remove
the names of the files from the list.

[Stefan Blom]

You can press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen; the cursor changes to a horizontal bar
which you can use to delete an item from the recent file list. Repeat
for each additional item to delete. When doing this, be careful so that
you don't delete something that you want to keep.

Alternatively, you can click Tools | Options, General tab. Clear the
check mark next to "Recently used file list" and click OK. Then click
Tools | Options again and re-check the option. Click OK. This procedure
deletes all items on the recent files list.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"barbatcamp" wrote in message
news
I removed the filed from the hard drive but they still appear in a
list in
the file menu of WORD under recent documents. How do I remove the
names of
the files from the list.

[Lene Fredborg]

See this article:
http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"barbatcamp" wrote:

I removed the filed from the hard drive but they still appear in a list in
the file menu of WORD under recent documents. How do I remove the names of
the files from the list.