Microsoft KB Archive/78301

= Deleting the Recent File List in Works for Windows =

Article ID: 78301

Article Last Modified on 7/30/2001



This article was previously published under Q78301



SUMMARY
The File menu in Microsoft Works for Windows displays a list of the last four accessed files. This file list can be manually deleted by editing the MSWORKS.INI file located in the WINDOWS directory. There is a section named [Recent File List] that contains the names of the last four accessed Works for Windows files.



MORE INFORMATION
The [Recent File List] section can be deleted so that the list of files will not be displayed in the File menu in Microsoft Works for Windows. This section will be re-created by Works for Windows the next time the program is started. The filenames will include the path to the file. Entries in this section will look like as follows:

[Recent File List]

File1=B:\ADAM.WPS

File2=B:\BETH.WPS

File3=C:\MSWORKS\HARDWARE.WDB

File4=C:\MSWORKS\ACCOUNTS.WDB

The MSWORKS.INI file can be edited with any text editor, such as Notepad. There is no way to permanently disable the display of the most recently used files.

Keywords: KB78301

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