When titling a post in forums (fora?), I often get a drop down menu showing similar titles from past posts. On ZDNet the list is getting lengthy....
You're right that the programs do keep running; not easy to get at them without icons, though. The explorer.exe end and restart is necessary on...
I remember that Javacool had promised to develop a version which would allow users to identify apps with MRU's, and have the program clean them...
The script does work. You'll still have to restart after using it, though, because closing explorer.exe also closes some running apps which do...
First, thank you for the update. Just noting that the Customize Notifications discussion doesn't include this information. May I suggest...
Version 6 of Acrobat/Reader is out, and the version number seems to be recorded in the registry entry text. I hope this doesn't make your job...
Eraser is now being maintained at: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
For anyone unfamiliar, in XP, Customize Notifications... is on the right click menu in the part of the Task Bar near the clock. If you left...
You're right, it does kill off all running programs. But suppose it were a separate button to be run after all other processing is complete. I...
I'm the other person who had problems with this issue. The turning off explorer.exe solution does work. Thanks! It's mentioned on the Microsoft...
As mentioned, I renamed IconStreams and PastIconStreams in the registry by putting an X in front. After I rebooted, the X'ed items were still...
As mentioned, the listing associated with cleariconstream in the mru-blaster portion of the registry has Ignore at the end of the listing. The...
Just used the new version. The old programs listing under Customize Notifications... is still there. I used it 3 times and rebooted 3 times. I...
And here I was feeling pleased with myself for finding the knowledge base article that tells how to turn that feature off....
Just rebooted. The listing lives. Might work after I shut the pc down for a while, but thought I'd mention it. Sorry.
Almost! I downloaded the most recent update and saw that the XP Customize Notifications... item was included. Thanks! The only problem is that...
Because it sounds like this forum will turn into an archive, hope you don't mind if I remind you about my 2 favorite issues. First, on the 'Add...
Just downloaded the new version, and the program works very well. I particularly like the chance to get rid of index.dat files. I have more...
Thanks for the addition of VirtualDub. On the 'Add your own MRU list' feature, which sounds good, how would I know about where the MRU is stored?...
Thanks for the information about how to clear the Past Items. I'm leary of editing the Registry myself, and it appears this process would have to...
In Windows XP, at least, if you right click on a blank space in the systray (near the clock) you'll see Customize Notifications... If you click...
Separate names with a comma.