Clear the Containing Text qualifiers list you used while searching a file/folder.
This setting allows you to delete the Containing Text qualifiers list you used with the search arguments at the time of searching a file/folder.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Windows saves all the search arguments and the containing text qualifiers that you used while searching for your documents. The history of search arguments and text qualifiers are saved in the files in most recently used list. This setting enables you to clear the complete history of all the text qualifiers that you used while searching for a file/folder. This can be done through some settings in the windows registry. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. When in containingtextmru folder, select all the values in the right-pane and press delete. It will delete complete history of text qualifiers you used. 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.
Windows saves all the search arguments and the containing text qualifiers that you used while searching for your documents. The history of search arguments and text qualifiers are saved in the files in most recently used list. This setting enables you to clear the complete history of all the text qualifiers that you used while searching for a file/folder. This can be done through some settings in the windows registry. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. When in containingtextmru folder, select all the values in the right-pane and press delete. It will delete complete history of text qualifiers you used. 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\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}\ContainingTextMRU\]</b> key and select the values 000, 001 and so on, right-click and click on "Delete".
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}\ContainingTextMRU\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: ID
- Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
- Action Type: Deleted
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