Sorry, Jamal - I had not realised that. In that case what I have been doing was unnecessary. As I made a fresh start yesterday with a clean installation I can presumably leave it to remove any files which no longer exist in their original location from the ini file. In the circumstances I cannot see any real need to impose a limit on how many files are displayed as recent Files. Thanks for the clarification, Douglas On 31 Jan 2007 at 11:00, Jamal Mazrui wrote: > Not sure I understand, since TextPal only shows files on the Recent > Files list that still exist in the location when that information was > recorded. > > Jamal > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Douglas Harrison wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:42:15 -0000 > > From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Reply-To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [guispeak] Re: Textpal 3.0 query > > > > Jamal, I suppose everyone works in whatever way suits them best, but > > personally I seldom have more than 6 files which I am likely to wish to > > re- load. Once I have finished work on a particular file I transfer it > > out of My Documents to a permanent home often on another partition etc. > > That is what I mean by redundant entries. Once a week (if I remember) I > > delete such entries from the list in Manual Settings. > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq