Microsoft KB Archive/822644

= How To Remove Template Listings in Excel =

Article ID: 822644

Article Last Modified on 1/11/2006

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 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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IMPORTANT : This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * Save Existing Registry Information
 * How to Remove a Template from the MRU List
 * How to Remove a Template from the Templates List in the Task Pane
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This article describes how to remove recently used templates from the most recently used (MRU) files list on the File menu and from the Recently used templates list in the New Workbook task pane.

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Save Existing Registry Information
WARNING : If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

 Quit all Microsoft Office programs. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Expand the following subkey in the registry: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel

 On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.

The Export Registry File dialog box appears. In the File name box, type C:\Export to Excel, and then click Save.

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How to Remove a Template from the MRU List
 Click Recent Files.</li> In the Name list, click File , where File   corresponds to the template file in the Data list that you want to remove.

Note The values in the Name list appear in numeric order.</li> On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete message box.</li> Rename any values in the Name list that are not in numeric order.

To do so, follow these steps:  In the Name list, right-click the value that you want to rename.</li> Click Rename.</li>  Edit the number at the end of File  to put the values in numeric order.

Note The list appears similar to the following: <pre class="fixed_text">Name      Data (Default) {value not set} File1     &quot;C:\My Documents\myworksheet.xls&quot; File2     C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\mytemplate2.xlt&quot; File3     &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate3.xlt&quot; </li></ol> </li></ol>

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How to Remove a Template from the Templates List in the Task Pane
 Click Recent Templates.</li> In the Name list, click the Template  value that corresponds to the template in the Data list that you want to remove.

Note The values in the Name list appear in alphanumeric order.</li> On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then in the Confirm Value Delete message box, click Yes.</li> Click the Friendly  value that has the same number as that of the Template   value that you removed in step 3.</li> On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then in the Confirm Value Delete message box, click Yes.</li> Rename any values in the Name list that are not in alphanumeric order.

To do so, follow these steps:  In the Name list, right-click the value that you want to rename.</li> <li>Click Rename.</li> <li> Edit the number at the end of Friendly  or Template   to put the values in alphanumeric order.

Note The list appears similar to the following: <pre class="fixed_text">Name      Data (Default) {value not set} Friendly1 &quot;Balance Sheet&quot; Friendly2 &quot;&quot; Template1 &quot;C:\Program Files\MicrosoftOffice\Templates\1033\BalanceSheet.xlt&quot; Template2 &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate2.xlt&quot; </li></ol> </li> <li>Quit Registry Editor.</li> <li>Restart the computer.</li></ol>

In the following registry subkey 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Recent Templates

Friendly  and Template   both refer to the same template. The Friendly  Data value contains the name of the template, and the Template   Data value points to the path of that template file.

For example, if Friendly2 contains a Data value of Sales Invoice, Template2 will contain a Data value that is the path of the Sales Invoice template: <pre class="fixed_text">  Name       Data (Default) {value not set} Friendly2 &quot;Sales Invoice&quot; Template2 &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\SalesInvoice.xlt&quot; Custom templates may have a Friendly  value that is empty. The corresponding Template  value will contain the full path of the location of that custom template, as in the following example: <pre class="fixed_text">  Name       Data (Default) {value not set} Friendly1 &quot;&quot; Template1 &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate.xlt&quot;

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