Disabling Recent Documents History
Windows XP includes a feature that keeps track of all recent documents you have opened or used. The idea is that you
can select Start/Recent Documents History and quickly reopen any document you have recently used. I use many documents
each day and never use the feature myself. In my opinion, I can keep up with what I want to use without Windows XP doing
it for m.
The bad thing about Recent Documents History is that Windows XP has to calculate what should be put there each time you
boot Windows, which can slow things down. So, if you never use the Recent Documents History, it's a good idea to disable
it.
Here's how:
1. Open the Registry Editor (select Start/Run, type regedit, and click OK).
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
3. Create a NoRecentDocsHistory D_WORD key. Double-click the value to open it once it is created.
4. Set the Data Value to 1 to enable......
