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Show or hide the "My recent documents" from XP Sta

Introduction

The My Recent Documents folder on the Windows XP Start menu displays a list of files and documents that you most recently used.

Removing the Recent Documents link from XP Start Menu

To remove the My Recent Documents folder from XP Start Menu, try this:

Right-click Start, and then click Properties

Click Customize

Click the Advanced tab

Under Recent documents, uncheck List my most recently opened documents

Click OK, and then OK.

Equivalent registry value

> Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced

> Backup the key to a file.

> Set the value of Start_ShowRecentDocs accordingly.

Value of 0 - List my most recently opened documents is disabled
Value of 2 - List my most recently opened documents is enabled

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