File type history delete

Hello, this is my first post and no surprise its a question.

We share this one PC in our home and although I make every effort to keep my
adult activity on the down low, my best efforts to keep file history from
showing up here and there is hit or miss. With my kid using this thing as
well I'd like to know its clean.

I know how to delete temporary folders, recent documents, clear cookies. and
I know how to execute such things as prefetch, %temp%, sfc /purgecache. All
work well, but I still don't have any luck removing or clearing file history
in the file type dropdown windows of various programs. Almost all files are
useless, but they just hang around and there is absolutely no way that I can
find, even with telephone support to remove these from these lists.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Thanks

T

To remove an AutoComplete entry from a Web form, highlight the item in the
AutoComplete dropdown and press the Delete key.

To remove all Web form AutoComplete entries, go to the Internet Explorer
Tools menu, select Internet Options, Content, AutoComplete, then press the
"Clear Forms" button.

Clear Forms button
[[Click this to clear your History folder of all entries you've previously
made in Web pages. This ensures that nobody else can use your computer and
attempt to view any private information you've previously entered, by
viewing what entries are listed by AutoComplete.]]

From IE Help...

To delete Autocomplete entries from the Address bar list

The AutoComplete feature saves previous entries you've made for Web
addresses, forms, and passwords. To delete entries from the Address bar, you
must clear your History folder. You cannot clear individual entries from the
list of saved entries.

1. On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Under History, click Clear History.

Notes
When typing information in Web forms, and typing passwords, you can remove
an item from the list of suggestions by clicking the item and then pressing
the DELETE key.
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Besides the Run MRU (Most Recently Used) list, this also clears...

IE History, AutoComplete, Clear the TIF, Clear the Run MRU, Typed
URL's and Clear List:

XP Start Menu:
You have to switch to Classic long enough to get the Clear button.
Right click the Start button | Properties | Select Classic Start Menu |
Customize button | Clear button | Click OK | Select Start menu | Click Apply
|Click OK

Classic Start Menu:
Right click the Start button | Properties | Customize button | Clear button

Clear button
[[Removes the list of recently accessed documents, programs, and Web sites
from the Documents menu.]]

The XP Start Menu Clear button does not clear the Run MRU. The Classic
Start Menu Clear button will clear everything in the Run MRU.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9D301FE7-BEC7-46A3-A8B4-D56FADF40F38@microsoft.com,
tondog64 hunted and pecked:
> Hello, this is my first post and no surprise its a question.
>
> We share this one PC in our home and although I make every effort to keep
> my adult activity on the down low, my best efforts to keep file history
> from showing up here and there is hit or miss. With my kid using this
> thing as well I'd like to know its clean.
>
> I know how to delete temporary folders, recent documents, clear cookies.
> and I know how to execute such things as prefetch, %temp%, sfc
> /purgecache. All work well, but I still don't have any luck removing or
> clearing file history in the file type dropdown windows of various
> programs. Almost all files are useless, but they just hang around and
> there is absolutely no way that I can find, even with telephone support
> to remove these from these lists.
>
> Does anyone know how this can be done?
>
> Thanks
>
> T