If you use Windows 7 RC you have probably noticed that win 7 keeps a list of the recently used search terms in the search area in the upper right hand corner. Now for some reason if you want to remove these items from the history use any of the 3 methods given below.
First is the easiest.. all you have to do is simply highlight the search term you want to delete and press the delete key.
Second method: download the given file extract the .reg file (windows7-clearsearchmru.reg) and excecute it to delete all MRU search items.
Download: windows7-clearsearchmru.zip
Third method: This is the same as above except you just have to do it manually.
a. Click search and type regedit and press enter
b. Browse to the following registry entry and delete whatever is under the “WordWheelQuery” entry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WordWheelQuery
Now if you want to permanantly disable Search MRU list,
1. Click start and in the search area type gpedit.msc
2. Now the group policy editor will open. In it go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Explorer
3. In the settings panel under Windows Explorer look for Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box
4. Right click it and select edit
Use not configured or disabled to keep search history enabled.
Use Enable to disable the search history
If you cannot use the group policy editor use the below reg file to disable search history
if you wish to enable it use this file: Enable_search_MRU_list.zip
(unzip and double click to use the above files)
That’s nice, but how do I disable the history, so I don’t have to continually clear it?
[...] in Internet explorer rather than Windows Explorer. The closest thing I have found is this article: How to clear File search history in Windows 7 | DotNETwizard.net That shows how to clear it, but not how to disable it. Anyone know how to disable it, or is this [...]
@random999:
You can disable search history using the group policy editor. Check the post I have added it
Hey i done this. I need more help though with something else.
1. First off if i want to ‘reinstall’ the history of the search how do i do that since i deleted the registry?
2. when i goto start> run, theres history there!! i want that gone how!?
3. when in folder explorer, if u clear the address bar and press down arrow, you see a huge list of crap! How to erase this?
Please help me here!
*sighs* windows 7 making things abit harder…
thanks! I’ve got too much stuff to protect from family members and this helps
Thank’s you!