[dba-Tech] Number of files in Recent

Andy,

There are differences between Win2K and WinXP I know, so this answer may 
not be right for you.
In WinXP - right-click the Start button - select Properties
In the Properties dialog box, select the tab marked Start Menu.
In the Start Menu page in WinXP there are two style choices - Start Menu 
and Classic Start Menu - each of which has a Customize button
+ Using the Start Menu style, click Customize.  In the Customize dialog 
box, select the tab marked Advanced
- - - Near the bottom of the Advanced page, there is a checkbox for 
"List my most recently opened documents."  Next to that is a button 
marked "Clear List."
+ Using the Classic Start Menu style, click Customize.  In the Customize 
dialog box, about halfway down there is a button marked "Clear."  

For either style this will clear the list - the Start Menu style also 
lets you decide whether to list the recently used documents or not.

Hoping there is something similar in Win2K, so that this is helpful to 
you - kind regards,
Tina

Andy Lacey wrote:

>I've noticed that some of our Windows 2000 users have hundreds (in one case
>over 1,500) shortcuts in their Recent folder. Does anyone know how to limit
>this? It's a nuisance because these users have romaing profiles so all of
>these tiny files are being copied back and forth across the network. What
>the heck, I hear you say, but I'd like to keep things tidier if I can. And
>to stress, I'm not talking about limiting the number of Recent documents one
>sees in Windows, Word or anything else, but the number that are retained in
>the Recent folder. Do they, in fact, ever get cleared out?
>
>(By the way we are still on NT4 Server so Group Policies are not the
>answer.)
>
>
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