How to delete/prevent recent documents list???

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

I searched the web and windows help already so dont say search, my problem is, when u click "open" in a program like notepad or word, you can click "recent" on the left and all the recent documents opened are there.

How do you:

1. Delete them all, as i cannot drag the mouse to select them it doesnt come up, all i have to individually delete them which i dont want to do.
2. Disable it so that documents i open are no longer put there.

 

[Inaris]

What OS are you using?

In XP, this is based on a couple things. First is MRU cache, the other is application specific.
What programs are you wanting to keep clean? or everything?

 

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

It is XP. What exactly should i do? Well ideally it would be every program, but most importantly Notepad and Word.

 

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

bump

 

[Osiris]

Easy one, right click on the taskbar, click properties, start menu, customize, advanced, click clear list and then uncheck list my most recent opened documents

 

[EricB]

get Evidence Eliminator

http://www.internet-washers.com/

 

[mike4realz]

get Evidence Eliminator

http://www.internet-washers.com/

WTF? u don't need dat. he's just tryin to remove the "List Recently Opened Documents" feature in XP. do what Warez Monster posted

 

[EricB]

I searched the web and windows help already so dont say search, my problem is, when u click "open" in a program like notepad or word, you can click "recent" on the left and all the recent documents opened are there.

How do you:

1. Delete them all, as i cannot drag the mouse to select them it doesnt come up, all i have to individually delete them which i dont want to do.
2. Disable it so that documents i open are no longer put there.

I don't know if he is trying to do that or he's try to remove recent files in his programs. so I gave him a second option. I would have listed the first but warez beat me to it

 

[Osiris]

What OS are you using?

In XP, this is based on a couple things. First is MRU cache, the other is application specific.
What programs are you wanting to keep clean? or everything?

what is your solution?

 

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

No that doesnt work, that just deletes the start menu recent documents thing.

Please read what i said:

my problem is, when u click "open" in a program like notepad or word, you can click "recent" on the left and all the recent documents opened are there.

Thats what im talking about.

And i cant get/use evidence eliminator for certain reasons so please do not mention it.