How to clear the run box history list that pops up

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Hi Everyone....

I want to clear the history of RUN window ? means want to clear recent commands from RUN dialog box .

How can i do that ?

I use VS 2010 ,C# .net Framework 4.0

Thank You

Posted 15-Oct-12 3:23am

krushna chandra jena

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ZurdoDev 15-Oct-12 9:24am

One time? Or you want to write code to do it? It's in the registry somewhere.

Akinmade Bond 15-Oct-12 11:51am

What have you tried?

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Bitla Phanindra · Answer 1 · 2012-10-15T04:24:00

To delete the run box history:

Go down to your start menu and right click on the start button.
A small menu will appear. Choose properties.
The taskbar and Start menu Properties will appear.
Go to the Start Menu tab .
Remove the tick next to Store and display a list of recently opened programs.
Press Apply and then OK.

hope that helps.

fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 2 · 2012-10-15T04:19:00

In order to do this by code, you need first to know where these values are stored. Ambesha has provided this in his answer. They are in the registry in this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>RunMRU
To change these values from C#: Read, write and delete from registry with C#[^]

Ambesha · Answer 3 · 2012-10-15T03:29:00

Freind, try this and implement the same in your code if required:
Delete Specific Items:
Go to Start --> Run --> Type "regedit" in the Run dialog box.
When in the registry, browse to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>RunMRU.
Delete the desired entry(ies) by right-clicking, and selecting "delete", or just highlight it and press the delete key. Click Yes to confirm. Double click the MRUList value and remove the letter(s) that you deleted from the list. Click OK. Close Registry Editor. You may need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Disable History:
Go to Start --> Run --> Type "regedit" in the Run dialog box.
When in the registry, browse to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>RunMRU.
Right-click the key RunMRU and choose "Permissions...".
Click "Add...".
Type "Everyone" and hit OK in the box that pops up.
Back in the Permissions (Security) dialog, choose Everyone then deny Read access.
Click OK.
Close Registry Editor. You may need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Thanks,
Ambesha

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