Clear the "Recent Files" list in the hyperlink window

Sonia,
That almost sounds like your editing the Windows recent files list and not
Powerpoint.
In the same place you can edit the recent folder list, recent template list
(four items there) even the recent animation list. I use it from time to
time to clear everything out. Whenever I have a new class and all the old
files they have used have been deleted the names still remain in the list
and when you click on them you get an error message. The only disadvantage I
have is that when I cleared all the names in the list there still remains
one entry a solitaire number one.
I have done this at home and at work it always works. Strange that it does
not do the trick for you.
Luc
"Sonia" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks, Mike. That makes perfect sense. However, I tried Luc's method
and it
didn't work for me. There must be some other stashed list that I can't
find in
the Registry. My Recent Files list has 46 files listed, which seems to be
everything I've ever opened in an Office application since I recently
reformatted. That includes Access, Excel, Word, and FrontPage.

If it doesn't work for you, you might try opening about twelve innocuous
files
in PowerPoint to force the list to only display them in the first portion
of the
list. The student related files will still be in the list, but they won't
be
seen unless you scroll down the list.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
More to the story. When I am showing my students (8th grade) how to use
PowerPoint, I am actually conducting the class using PowerPoint, showing
them
the steps on the big screen. I have all my students' academic and
discipline
files that I have recently accessed on that computer. When I get to that
point
and click the "Recent Files" button, my students see their names on the
"Recent
Files" list and I get a plethora of questions about why their names are
there.
Just wanted to know if there was a way to clear that list.
--
Thanks


"Sonia" wrote:

I'm not sure that I understand. If you want to see nothing, what good
is
the
"Recent Files" icon to you and why do you click on it if you want to
see
nothing? Just don't select it. There must be something else to the
question.
Can you tell us more?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Mike" wrote in message
...
When I right click to hyperlink a word either in PowerPoint or MS
Word,
the
hyperlink window shows a box that reads "Recent Files." When I click
the
"Recent Files" box, it shows all the files that I have recently
accessed.
How
do I clear that box so that I will show nothing?
--
Thanks

I do agree that the Registry Key controls the list of most recently opened
PowerPoint presentations. By clearing it you clear the list of files in the New
Presentation task pane under "Open a presentation", and the list on the File
menu that appears just after Properties. However, Mike is describing a
different list. When you select an object and then go to Insert Hyperlink, a
dialog appears and there is a button that you can click that is labeled "Recent
Files". This is the list that he is trying to clear and it is not controlled by
the Registry key - -
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\P owerPoint\Recent File List.


"Luc" wrote in message
...

Sonia,
That almost sounds like your editing the Windows recent files list and not
Powerpoint.
In the same place you can edit the recent folder list, recent template list
(four items there) even the recent animation list. I use it from time to
time to clear everything out. Whenever I have a new class and all the old
files they have used have been deleted the names still remain in the list
and when you click on them you get an error message. The only disadvantage I
have is that when I cleared all the names in the list there still remains
one entry a solitaire number one.
I have done this at home and at work it always works. Strange that it does
not do the trick for you.
Luc
"Sonia" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks, Mike. That makes perfect sense. However, I tried Luc's method
and it
didn't work for me. There must be some other stashed list that I can't
find in
the Registry. My Recent Files list has 46 files listed, which seems to be
everything I've ever opened in an Office application since I recently
reformatted. That includes Access, Excel, Word, and FrontPage.

If it doesn't work for you, you might try opening about twelve innocuous
files
in PowerPoint to force the list to only display them in the first portion
of the
list. The student related files will still be in the list, but they won't
be
seen unless you scroll down the list.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
More to the story. When I am showing my students (8th grade) how to use
PowerPoint, I am actually conducting the class using PowerPoint, showing
them
the steps on the big screen. I have all my students' academic and
discipline
files that I have recently accessed on that computer. When I get to that
point
and click the "Recent Files" button, my students see their names on the
"Recent
Files" list and I get a plethora of questions about why their names are
there.
Just wanted to know if there was a way to clear that list.
--
Thanks


"Sonia" wrote:

I'm not sure that I understand. If you want to see nothing, what good
is
the
"Recent Files" icon to you and why do you click on it if you want to
see
nothing? Just don't select it. There must be something else to the
question.
Can you tell us more?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Mike" wrote in message
...
When I right click to hyperlink a word either in PowerPoint or MS
Word,
the
hyperlink window shows a box that reads "Recent Files." When I click
the
"Recent Files" box, it shows all the files that I have recently
accessed.
How
do I clear that box so that I will show nothing?
--
Thanks

Recent files for hyperlinks can be cleared by clearing the contents of the
following folder
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Replace user by the user profile name

--
Regards
Shyam Pillai

Animation Carbon - http://www.mvps.org/skp/ac/index.html


"Sonia" wrote in message
...
I do agree that the Registry Key controls the list of most recently opened
PowerPoint presentations. By clearing it you clear the list of files in
the New
Presentation task pane under "Open a presentation", and the list on the
File
menu that appears just after Properties. However, Mike is describing a
different list. When you select an object and then go to Insert
Hyperlink, a
dialog appears and there is a button that you can click that is labeled
"Recent
Files". This is the list that he is trying to clear and it is not
controlled by
the Registry key - -
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\P owerPoint\Recent File
List.


"Luc" wrote in message
...

Sonia,
That almost sounds like your editing the Windows recent files list and
not
Powerpoint.
In the same place you can edit the recent folder list, recent template
list
(four items there) even the recent animation list. I use it from time to
time to clear everything out. Whenever I have a new class and all the old
files they have used have been deleted the names still remain in the list
and when you click on them you get an error message. The only
disadvantage I
have is that when I cleared all the names in the list there still remains
one entry a solitaire number one.
I have done this at home and at work it always works. Strange that it
does
not do the trick for you.
Luc
"Sonia" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks, Mike. That makes perfect sense. However, I tried Luc's method
and it
didn't work for me. There must be some other stashed list that I can't
find in
the Registry. My Recent Files list has 46 files listed, which seems to
be
everything I've ever opened in an Office application since I recently
reformatted. That includes Access, Excel, Word, and FrontPage.

If it doesn't work for you, you might try opening about twelve
innocuous
files
in PowerPoint to force the list to only display them in the first
portion
of the
list. The student related files will still be in the list, but they
won't
be
seen unless you scroll down the list.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
More to the story. When I am showing my students (8th grade) how to
use
PowerPoint, I am actually conducting the class using PowerPoint,
showing
them
the steps on the big screen. I have all my students' academic and
discipline
files that I have recently accessed on that computer. When I get to
that
point
and click the "Recent Files" button, my students see their names on the
"Recent
Files" list and I get a plethora of questions about why their names are
there.
Just wanted to know if there was a way to clear that list.
--
Thanks


"Sonia" wrote:

I'm not sure that I understand. If you want to see nothing, what
good
is
the
"Recent Files" icon to you and why do you click on it if you want
to
see
nothing? Just don't select it. There must be something else to
the
question.
Can you tell us more?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Mike" wrote in message
...
When I right click to hyperlink a word either in PowerPoint or MS
Word,
the
hyperlink window shows a box that reads "Recent Files." When I
click
the
"Recent Files" box, it shows all the files that I have recently
accessed.
How
do I clear that box so that I will show nothing?
--
Thanks

That worked for me, but because of the way my network is set up, I had
several different users listed and had to clear the Recent folder in a
couple of them before I found the right one.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

"Shyam Pillai" ShyamPillai @Gmail.com wrote in
:

Recent files for hyperlinks can be cleared by clearing the contents of
the following folder
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Replace user by the user profile name

Thanks, Shyam. I discovered that one yesterday and thought I had posted about
it. I think I wanted to test it further and then just didn't get the testing
done.

"Shyam Pillai" ShyamPillai @Gmail.com wrote in message
...
Recent files for hyperlinks can be cleared by clearing the contents of the
following folder
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Replace user by the user profile name

--
Regards
Shyam Pillai

Animation Carbon - http://www.mvps.org/skp/ac/index.html


"Sonia" wrote in message
...
I do agree that the Registry Key controls the list of most recently opened
PowerPoint presentations. By clearing it you clear the list of files in
the New
Presentation task pane under "Open a presentation", and the list on the
File
menu that appears just after Properties. However, Mike is describing a
different list. When you select an object and then go to Insert
Hyperlink, a
dialog appears and there is a button that you can click that is labeled
"Recent
Files". This is the list that he is trying to clear and it is not
controlled by
the Registry key - -
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\P owerPoint\Recent File
List.


"Luc" wrote in message
...

Sonia,
That almost sounds like your editing the Windows recent files list and
not
Powerpoint.
In the same place you can edit the recent folder list, recent template
list
(four items there) even the recent animation list. I use it from time to
time to clear everything out. Whenever I have a new class and all the old
files they have used have been deleted the names still remain in the list
and when you click on them you get an error message. The only
disadvantage I
have is that when I cleared all the names in the list there still remains
one entry a solitaire number one.
I have done this at home and at work it always works. Strange that it
does
not do the trick for you.
Luc
"Sonia" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks, Mike. That makes perfect sense. However, I tried Luc's method
and it
didn't work for me. There must be some other stashed list that I can't
find in
the Registry. My Recent Files list has 46 files listed, which seems to
be
everything I've ever opened in an Office application since I recently
reformatted. That includes Access, Excel, Word, and FrontPage.

If it doesn't work for you, you might try opening about twelve
innocuous
files
in PowerPoint to force the list to only display them in the first
portion
of the
list. The student related files will still be in the list, but they
won't
be
seen unless you scroll down the list.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
More to the story. When I am showing my students (8th grade) how to
use
PowerPoint, I am actually conducting the class using PowerPoint,
showing
them
the steps on the big screen. I have all my students' academic and
discipline
files that I have recently accessed on that computer. When I get to
that
point
and click the "Recent Files" button, my students see their names on the
"Recent
Files" list and I get a plethora of questions about why their names are
there.
Just wanted to know if there was a way to clear that list.
--
Thanks


"Sonia" wrote:

I'm not sure that I understand. If you want to see nothing, what
good
is
the
"Recent Files" icon to you and why do you click on it if you want
to
see
nothing? Just don't select it. There must be something else to
the
question.
Can you tell us more?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Mike" wrote in message
...
When I right click to hyperlink a word either in PowerPoint or MS
Word,
the
hyperlink window shows a box that reads "Recent Files." When I
click
the
"Recent Files" box, it shows all the files that I have recently
accessed.
How
do I clear that box so that I will show nothing?
--
Thanks

In article , Shyam Pillai wrote:
Recent files for hyperlinks can be cleared by clearing the contents of the
following folder
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Replace user by the user profile name



Hmmm. Apparently this is one of those "Special" folders that MS hides from
Explorer's search command. Tsk.

--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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