Clear the Documents menu

  • Section(s): Miscellaneous
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rating: Not Rated
The documents displayed in the Start/Documents menu are the contents of the directory %systemroot%\Profiles\currentusername\Recent\. To protect ones privacy and prevent the recent documents accessed from being displayed, delete the contents of the Recent directory at logon. Add following line to autoexec.bat

del %systemroot%\profiles\%username%\recent\*

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