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re: Media Player 7.1 Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 10:05 am Posted by Bobstur (2225 messages posted) You'll have to hack the registry. Open regedit.exe and go to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList In the right pane delete all the FileX value names. Hack the registry at your own risk. Bob Sturtevant  http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/ Please let us know what works. On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 9:25, nimby wrote: On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 10:09 am Posted by nimby (5 messages posted) Found the answer to my own question! By downloading the Media 7 Bonus Pack, there is a program which deletes the history/play list. On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 9:25, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 5:07 am Posted by Keef (27 messages posted) Hi I too wanted to delete all hose entries, and downloaded the bonuis pack, but where is the Options to clear them all?? It installed the pack but unless I have to reboot to get it, i can't see any differences. Can you be more precise?? On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 10:09, nimby wrote: >Found the answer to my own question! By downloading the Media 7 Bonus Pack, there >is a program which deletes the history/play list. > >On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 9:25, nimby wrote: > >>On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu > >>Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 5:09 am Posted by Keef (27 messages posted) Did you find that Bonus Pack worked??? I haven't seen any difference yet. On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 9:25, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Thursday, July 11, 2002 at 1:41 pm Posted by jinan (1 messages posted) On Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 9:25 am, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 7:43 pm Posted by linux freak (1 messages posted) start>programs>win-doze media player bonus pack>windows media player mru cleaner. enjoy On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 5:09 am, Keith wrote: > >Did you find that Bonus Pack worked??? I haven't seen any difference yet. > > >On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 9:25, nimby wrote: > >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu > >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 4:29 am Posted by Tom Rogers (1 messages posted) The MRU Cleaner removes the RECENT FILE LIST which shows on the Media Player screen, BUT/BUT the files can still be seen by going to FILE, then OPEN, the see the FILE NAME field, and click on the little black arrow on the right side. VOILA, all your recently used files. The only way I have found to remove this list is to create a bunch of dummy files and select them one at at time till the fill up the list. If there is another solution, I would like to know it. Hopefully I am a dummy and it there is a much more simple solution. On Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 9:25 am, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 12:07 am Posted by Emanuel Vargas (1 messages posted) This website http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/windowstips/story/0,24330,2587782,00.html contains a registry hack to clear the recent file list. All you do is download the batch file they provide, save it, and run it whenever you want to clear the list. You don't even have to restart your computer when you do it. On Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 9:25 am, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Monday, October 13, 2003 at 12:20 am Posted by Curious (1 messages posted) Is it just me or does anyone else think it's pointless posting an answer in September 2003 to a question that was asked in June 2001.......???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Friday, November 14, 2003 at 10:16 pm Posted by WalterEgo (1 messages posted) Hello. I just found this post and found it helpful, myself. I'm also finding not being able to clear the list is annoying, and can't find the 7.1 Bonus Pack - MS must have removed it for some reason. The bonus packs available are only for XP and I'm using W2K. Might have to try the registry hacks. No excuse for a mature product to lack of such basic courtesy feature. Best of Luck - Walter! On Monday, October 13, 2003 at 12:20 am, Curious wrote: >Is it just me or does anyone else think it's pointless posting an answer in September >2003 to a question that was asked in June 2001.......???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 6:49 pm Posted by Philly G (1 messages posted) If anyone sees this response, I'm letting all my fellow frustrated windows media player users know that to easily eliminate the history of played files, all you need to do is go to the tools menu then select options. From there click on the privacy tab and uncheck the box that indicates that played file history is on. Once that is done click on the "clear history button" then click "apply" and finally click "ok" You will no longer have played files filling up the file drop down menu. I hope I explained this well as I know how frustrating it can be, and before I fell upon this solution (which by the way I found on my own) I felt like pulling my hair out, keep the hair on your head, this is the solution! On Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 9:25 am, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 1:22 am Posted by Carl D (4179 messages posted) Test... *HUGS* TOTAL! Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Friday, May 28, 2004 at 9:05 am Posted by Scott Bishop (1 messages posted) WOW! That would be great! Now if only WMP 9 HAD a Privacy tab in the Options! On Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 6:49 pm, Philly G wrote: >If anyone sees this response, I'm letting all my fellow frustrated windows media >player users know that to easily eliminate the history of played files, all you need >to do is go to the tools menu then select options. From there click on the privacy >tab and uncheck the box that indicates that played file history is on. Once that >is done click on the "clear history button" then click "apply" and finally click >"ok" You will no longer have played files filling up the file drop down menu. I hope >I explained this well as I know how frustrating it can be, and before I fell upon >this solution (which by the way I found on my own) I felt like pulling my hair out, >keep the hair on your head, this is the solution! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 11:24 am Posted by zeach (1 messages posted) 1. download the bonus pack 2. Run Media Player Tray Control 3. Right click on tray icon, select options, clear MRU's [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at 5:44 pm Posted by dirahl (1 messages posted) This thread has gone on for years, it seems...lol. But I just decided I wanted to know about this. I took Bobstur's suggestion and hacked the registry, and it worked just fine. Note that you have to delete the keys (the entire thing, not just the text that says the file name). ALWAYS BACKUP WHATEVER YOU'RE CHANGING! And don't delete the Default key, I don't know what'll happen if you do. But I do know what will happen if you try deleting the information by using "Modify Binary"--it'll crash Media Player. LOL. That's why I made a backup first. On Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 10:05 am, Bobstur wrote: >You'll have to hack the registry. Open regedit.exe and go to this key: >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList >In the right pane delete all the FileX value names. Hack the registry at your own >risk. > Bob Sturtevant  > http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/ > >Please let us know what works. > >On Wed, 6 Jun, 2001 - 9:25, nimby wrote: > >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you >drop down the File menu Is there any way of removing this, >deleting items or altering the number shown? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 REMOVE HISTORY Monday, March 28, 2005 at 9:03 pm Posted by anonymous (1 messages posted) OK IF YOU GUYS REALLY WANT TO CLEAR THE HISTORY JUST CLICK THIS LINK IT WORKS PERFECT! NO MORE STRESS! TAKE CARE! http://www.historysweep.com/MediaPlayer-Real-Quicktime-HistorySweep-Player-Options.jsp On Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 9:25 am, nimby wrote: >On Media Player there is a history of played items when you drop down the File menu >Is there any way of removing this, deleting items or altering the number shown? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Media Player 7.1 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12:02 am Posted by Darren (1 messages posted) I was having the same problem with Media Player 10 running XP. I finally found the answer, although I don't know if it applies to Media Player 7.1. To remove the current list of files displayed in the Open dialog box in Windows XP, do the following: 1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Properties. 2. On the Start Menu tab, click the Start menu option, and then click Customize. 3. On the Advanced tab, click the Clear List button. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum