Clearing user history

This will help you to manage the all types of user history in windows operating system. This is a built-in feature of all windows keeps track the user’s history, for example the websites you have visited, the documents you have opened and the keywords or files for which you’ve searched. However this tip is very useful for you, if you are sharing your computer with others or you do not want that the other persons know about your last visited documents history. You can clear these kinds of user’s history with a single click on desktop icon named Cleanmru.reg. There is no need to clear each history file one by one. This trick will work in nearly all of the windows versions like windows 2000, XP and 2003.

Follow the given steps for configuration to clear recently opened documents automatically:

To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

Here copy the following 6 lines and paste in notepad then save with the name Cleanmru.reg on your desktop.

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerTypedURLs]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerRunMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerRecentDocs]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerComDlg32

LastVisitedMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftSearch AssistantACMru]

When you double-click Cleanmru.reg icon to remove the windows history, a small dialog box will appear with the information “Are you sure you want to add the information in C:Documents and SettingsAdministratordesktopClearmru.reg to the registry?”

At the end, you will get the message “Information in C:Documents and SettingsAdministratordesktopClearmru.reg has been successfully entered into the registry.” Click on Ok button and verify that your all history will have been clear.

Backing up your My Documents folder

Normally windows users use My Documents folder to save data, the reason is that  Most Windows programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access save their data in My Documents folder by default. Many other subfolders such as My Pictures, My Music and My Received files contain in My Documents folder. Those folders usually take up a lot of space, and they are therefore recommended to be taken care separately. Normally My Documents folder location is C: drive when you install your window on C drive, but you can change location of you My Documents folder to other drive, Must do this if your good habit to use My Documents folder frequently.

Also note that some people may have placed some or of the important files on your desktop, the common location for program shortcuts and start icons.  The default location of My Documents folder will vary depending on what version of Windows you’re running:

  • C:WindowsPersonal on Windows 95.
  • C:My Documents on Windows 98.
  • C:Documents and SettingsUser NameMy Documents on Windows ME, 2000, XP.

These are typical locations, but you can change these location for My Document folder for different windows.

You can find different type of file with different file extensions in My Documents.

  • Microsoft Word (.doc, .rtf, .dot) documents.
  • Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlt) tables and spreadsheets.
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps, .pot) presentations.
  • Database (.mdb, .dbf, .csv, .db, .xml) files.
  • Internet (.html, .txt, .pdf) documents.
  • Digital photo (.tif, .jpg) pictures.