Can someone tell me how to delete the url's in the "run" file??? Thanks.

West

Can you be a little more specific? I don't know what URL's or what "run file" you're referring to. Maybe a path or sample of the file contents?

The Run file I was referring to is the one on the start button that is below "search". I would like to be able to delete the urls associated with the web sites visited as well as any program i have asked for it to access.

Hope this helps.

West

1. Go to Start> Run and type "regedit" (without the quotes).

2. Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, select Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RunMRU.

3. Click on RunMRU once to display its contents in the right pane.

4. In the right pane, select the commands you want removed (denoted as a, b, c, d, etc.) one by one and press Delete to remove them.

5. Exit the Registry Editor saving changes.

6. Restart Windows.

That should be it, assuming I got what you were looking for!

Actually, clearing the MRU is only good until you do something else and Windows will re-create the MRU list. Now depending on how bad you hate seeing the list you could set a policy to clear your recent files on exit.

You can review Microsoft's write up on the policy here to be sure that's what you want b/c it also clears typed URL's as well (which are different than visited URL's stored in index.dat).

Key:   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Name:  ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Type:  REG_DWORD
Value: (0 = disable, 1 = enable)

Otherwise you can just do so manually, like DSX described, from a script when the mood strikes you.

Use something like CCleaner or east-tec eraser.

Actually clearing the history under internet setting works as well. thanks.

West

Actually clearing the history under internet setting works as well. thanks.

West

true, but why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?

I'll try it the hard way next time ...thanks to all.

West

http://www.diskcleaner.nl/

Freeware. No installation required. Run it with scheduler at regular intervals. Just might do what you want.

CCleaner, it cleans everything not just url history and all you have to do is click clean.

Thanks to all!!

CCleaner, it cleans everything not just url history and all you have to do is click clean.

shame its not standalone (yet?)

There are many utils and batch files that can be run from your Startup folder for a daily cleanup.

You can set these programs to delete just about anything you want. To even edit the registry.

I run "MRU Blaster" in my own Startup folder along with my own "XPCleanup.bat" program.

It's like daily Maid Service.

There are other progs that come in zip files.