Here's a free software program for that http://www.1000apps com/software/software_Take+a+Hike+Software_Kill+Docs-11754.html Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: Glo Date: 02/19/06 21:54:45 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Documents Robert, I guess this only works in XP then, not in ME? I'd like to clear that list to, but don't know how to do it in ME unless I clear ALL history. But I'll save this info for when I get my new 'puter, thanks! ~Glo ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr. To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Documents To Clear the Contents of the My Recent Documents FolderTo clear the My Recent Documents list, follow these steps: 1. Right-click Start, and then click Properties. Or, if the Start menu is already displayed, right-click an empty area of the Start menu, and then click Properties. 2 Click Customize. 3. Click the Advanced tab. 4. Under Recent documents, click Clear List, click OK, and then click OK. Your most recently used documents are removed from the My Recent Documents folder. Note that this action does not delete the documents from your hard disk. -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/