[WEB4LIB] Preventing recent documents from displaying on 'start' menu

[Andrew I. Mutch]

John,

You have a couple of options. You can remove it:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/8/

or just stop documents from being added to the list:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/545/

Good luck!

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Info Galway Library wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On our internet pcs, the most recently viewed documents are displayed when
> you click 'start' and then click 'documents'. Can this be prevented? We are
> using Windows NT workstation. 
> 
> Clearing the documents menu by clicking on 'start', 'settings', 'taskbar'
> etc. will not work because this feature has been turned off using policy
> editor. Also, deleting the 'recent' folder for the relevant user does not
> work either.
> 
> If I can remove the Documents Menu from the Start Menu or prevent short cuts
> from being added to it, this would be ideal.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> John Fitzgibbon
>  
> Galway Public Library
> Island House
> Cathedral Square
> Galway
> Ireland
>  
> http://www.galwaylibrary.ie 
> 
> Phone: 00 353 91 562471
> Fax: 00 353 91 565039 
> 
>