How do I clear the players Most Recently Used/History list/Location bar under the File Menu, as well as the AutoComplete list?
In WMP9 or newer, go to WMP’s Tools:Options:Privacy menu option and click “Clear History”. You can also turn off the MRU here. For previous versions, see the article on this here. If you’re STILL seeing files in the “Open File…” dialog on Win2k+ or WinMe, it’s coming from an additional user-specific system-wide MRU list. This is *not* specific to WMP. You would need to delete the following keys: [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU] to clear these settings. However, that at least clears ALL MRUs on the system if not more (my system is still running…), so do this at your own risk. You may also want to go to WMP’s Tools:Options and clear the “Add items to Media Library when played” checkbox, if you’re worried about other users on that box seeing your files. [Available on WMP8 and subsequent releases.
In WMP9 or WMP10, go to WMP’s Tools:Options:Privacy menu option and click “Clear History”. You can also turn off the MRU here. For previous versions, see the article on this here. Or you can click here to clear the History list or here to clear the Radio History list. Note that the PowerToys also include this functionality, as the above article says. If you are on Win95 and this reg file doesn’t work, you’ll need to either use the PowerToys or manually delete these registry keys: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentURLList] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList] If you’re STILL seeing files in the “Open File…” dialog on Win2k+ or WinMe, it’s coming from an additional user-specific system-wide MRU list. This is *not* specific to WMP. You would need to delete the following keys: [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe
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