How to disable recent places in Windows 7
Do you want to disable recent places / recent items in Windows 7? Here’s a short how-to guide.
Disable Recent Places Items
1. Right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen and click on Properties
2. Go to the tab “Start Menu”.
3. At the bottom uncheck the options:
Store and display recently opened programs in the Start Menu
Store and display recently opened items in the Start Menu and the taskbar:
Remove Recent Places / Items From Start Menu
Ok, when you hover over the item Recent Items on your Start Menu it should display (empty), because it no longer stores recently opened programs and items. Thus, the Recent Items Entry on the Start Menu is basically useless. You can remove it completely.
1. Follow steps 1-3 above
2. Next, click on Customize
3. Scroll down until you find Recent Items and uncheck the item:
4. Click on OK
5. Click on Apply (Important!)
You have now successfully removed the Recent Items from the Start Menu. Instead you could add Games or Recorded TV.
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Written by oliversk Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
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This does not disable recent places. It only hides it.
Is there any other place where you can access recent places? I don’t think so, so it’s disabled.
@sOliver: just type “recent places” in windows search right above start button, and it will apear, SO IT IS NOT DISABLED.
Everybody know about this one. But when you go to my documents, it gives u an option of “Recent Places” in the left pan.. Its not being disabled.. And its ass busting ..