Article ID: 161631
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
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- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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SUMMARY
There are a number of Word dialog boxes that contain Most Recently Used (MRU) lists. The purpose of this article is to describe how to reset these lists. You can gain access to the following MRU lists from the following Word dialog boxes:
Add Template Insert Subdocument
Attach Template Modify Location
Browse Open
Change Source Open Data Source
Insert File Save As
Insert Picture Save As HTML
Select File to Compare With Current Document
To reset the Most Recently Used file list that appears at the bottom of the File menu, see the "File Menu MRU" topic in the "More Information" section of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
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The information contained in the following MRU lists cannot be reset by using menu selections. The entries must be reset by modifying the Windows Registry.
Add Template Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Templates and Add-ins on the Tools menu. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Add Template\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Add Template\Any Text MRU
Attach Template Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Templates and Add-ins on the Tools menu. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Attach Template\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Attach Template\Any Text MRU
Browse Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Object on the Insert menu, click the Create From File tab, and then click Browse. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Browse\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Browse\Any Text MRU
Change Source Dialog Box
NOTE: This dialog box is available when your document contains a linked object.
To locate this dialog box, click Links on the Edit menu, and then click Change Source. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Change Source\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Change Source\Any Text MRU
Insert File Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click File on the Insert menu. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Insert File\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Insert File\Any Text MRU
Insert Picture Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, point to Picture on the Insert menu, and then click From File. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Insert Picture\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Insert Picture\Any Text MRU
Insert Subdocument Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Master Document on the View menu, and then click the Insert Subdocument button on the Master Document toolbar. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Insert Subdocument\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Insert Subdocument\Any Text MRU
Modify Location Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Options on the Tools menu, click the File Locations tab, and then click Modify. This dialog box contains one MRU lists: Folder Name.
To reset the Folder Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Modify Location\File Name MRU
Open Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Open on the File menu. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Open\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Open\Any Text MRU
Open Data Source Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Database on the Insert menu, and then click Get Data. You can also access this dialog box from the Mail Merge Helper. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Open Data Source\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Open Data Source\Any Text MRU
Save As Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Save As on the File menu. This dialog box contains one MRU lists: File Name.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Save As\File Name MRU
Save As HTML Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, click Save As HTML on the File menu. This dialog box contains one MRU lists: File Name.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Save As HTML\File Name MRU
Select File to Compare With Current Document Dialog Box
To locate this dialog box, point to Track Changes on the Tools menu, and then click Compare Documents. This dialog box contains two MRU lists: File Name and Text Or Property.
To reset the File Name MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Select File to Compare With Current Document\File Name MRU
To reset the Text Or Property MRU list, delete the following registry key:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common Open Find\Microsoft Word\Settings\Select File to Compare With Current Document\Any Text MRU
File Menu MRU
To reset the File menu MRU list:
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the General tab.
- Click to clear the Recently Used File List check box, and then click OK.
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the General tab.
- Click to select the Recently Used File List check box, and then click OK.
The File menu MRU list information is stored in the Data key in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Data
If you rename or delete this registry key, the File menu MRU list will be reset. However, the Data key contains other types of configuration information that is lost if the key is deleted or renamed.
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