Vista: Hide Recent Items

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I am so tired of seeing recent items on the start menu. This is how to disable it.

The first thing I do when I sit down at a co-worker’s desk is to check out his/her recent items. It is an instant peek into what someone has been doing for the day.

Protect your privacy. Here is how to disable it.

1. Right click the Start Orb of the Start Menu
2. Select Properties from the context menu
3. Uncheck Store and display a list of recently open files
4. Click OK

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16 Comments -

1. amanda said on October 5, 2008

   thnx so much….simple when u know how !

2. zeeshan said on October 16, 2008

   thanx

3. pitumbo said on October 28, 2008

   huge help! this has bugged me but i kept forgetting to change it

   your post comes up first in google under “vista recent items” :)

4. meem said on December 23, 2008

   Thanks.
   now my porn files wont show up on start menu
   :)

5. bb said on January 7, 2009

   Thanks

6. Max said on February 11, 2009

   thank you. majorly annoying

7. derrick said on February 19, 2009

   thank you.

8. CJ said on June 3, 2009

   Too simple, can’t believe I didn’t know how to do this!

   Thanks :)!

9. Xlr-8r said on June 5, 2009

   lol, same as meem

10. g said on June 17, 2009

    tnx….

11. From Vancover said on July 5, 2009

    Thought I would have to get out my regestry editor, should have checked the settings first XD.

12. Name said on July 30, 2009

    good one. no more porn!

13. Annette Hampson249 said on July 29, 2010

    cool recipe thanx….

14. Chris said on October 24, 2010

    Thank you so very much. This was very helpful.

15. BabaBing said on January 22, 2011

    Thanx…Couldn’t figure out how the GF knew I watching porn…have my folder set to hidden…LOL

16. Ehsan said on June 7, 2011

    My lil brother got to watch a lot of things he wasn’t supposed to watch. NOT any more :P

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