Clear the search arguments from Find dialog box.

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This setting allows you to clear the drop-down list created while trying to find a file or all files of a format.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Windows keeps record of whatever you do on the system like the files you looked for on your computer. The find dialog box shows a list, as drop-down, of all the items searched in your computer. It notes down the search argument name in most recently used list, which could be the name of a specific file, file names beginning with known characters, or even all the available files of a particular format. This setting allows you to clear the given list. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. When in doc find spec mru folder, select all the values in the right-pane and press delete. It will delete the list of all searches conducted from find dialog box. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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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\Doc Find Spec MRU\]</b> key, select the values "a, b, c to MRUList", right-click and click on "Delete".


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRU\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Deleted


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