Clear Run history in Start menu.
This setting enables you to clear the list of commands used through "Run" command.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The run command in the start menu is a very useful to run a program, open a document, folder or website. This setting lets you clear the list of most recent commands that have been used. These are stored there by windows. Each command is stored as individual registry value within the registry key. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Here, delete all string values except "default" in right panel. After restart or logoff, changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
The run command in the start menu is a very useful to run a program, open a document, folder or website. This setting lets you clear the list of most recent commands that have been used. These are stored there by windows. Each command is stored as individual registry value within the registry key. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Here, delete all string values except "default" in right panel. After restart or logoff, changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
Screenshots

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Next, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU\]</b> key, select the String values "a, b, c, d to MRUList", right-click and click on "Delete".
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU\]
- Location: Current User
- Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
- Action Type: Deleted
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