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Keep M-Player from showing recent files

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When I open MediaPlayer and click on "file", a list of recently played files are displayed near the bottom of that drop-down menu. I would like to set my Media Player (7.1) to NOT show a list of recently played files if anyone knows how to do that. I've spent some time researching this, but no answer so far. Any help is appreciated!

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

The following site has a reference to this...

http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

(remove spaces in the above URL)

Here is a short extract from that page.

"Q: How do I turn off the Most Recently Used list within WMP?
A: This is only possible with Media Player for XP and later. Run this reg file to clear your system and WMP MRU menus, as well as turning the MRU off. Run this reg file to reenable your system and WMP MRU menus. The Media Player Tray Control included withthe Media Player for Windows XP Power Toys include this functionality. "

There are links included in the article (not shown above obviously) to descriptions of how to actually do it... Visit the site!

Oh... and I hope you're using WinXP!

Cheers,
Tim.

by edward007

Get the Windows Media Player 7 Bonus Pack.
Windows Media Player 7 keeps track of the media files you open. It lists the names of the most recently used items in the Recent File List on the File menu. You can use the Most Recently Used Cleaner PowerToy to clear this list as frequently as you want.

by b_pope

there's two ways to clear recent playlist but don't no of a way to prevent it, although you can limit how many it displays in options.

method 1. is to download the windows media power pak from microsoft. it includes media player MRU cleaner, wheninstalled it'll be in your start menu. click on it select ok & it clears list, very fast takes couple of seconds.

method 2. you can install X-Setup from this site
http://www.xteq.com/products/
if you instal go to program options+build in windows apps+windows media player & click on clear items. takes longer using this method.

by brian

The 2 methods listed by spyperdog@sympatico.ca work with Win2K. I think the X-teq program has some great tweaks like this. However I have used the cleanmru because it is so fast and easy.

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