Windows XP Tips: Cleaning Recent Docs Menu and RUN

The Recent Docs menu can be easily disabled by editing the Registry. To do this go to the  following  Key:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\  Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD value by the name: NoRecentDocsMenu and set it's value to 1. Restart Explorer to save the changes.

You can also clear the RUN MRU history. All the listings are stored in the key:HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\  Explorer \ RunMRU. You can delete individual listings or the entire listing.

To delete History of  Find  listings  go  to:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\  Microsoft  \  Windows
\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRUand delete.

"Windows XP Tips: Cleaning Recent Docs Menu and RUN"

Reference : techpraveen.com