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Recent run history (Windows run history)
Windows stores a list of programs you have run using the Run option (Run dialog box).
Windows Start Menu contains a list of recently run programs which will be shown once Start button is clicked.
Why you should clean recently run history
Anyone who has access to your computer can see the list of programs that you've run. To protect your privacy you should clean run history regularly.
Using Clear All History you can easily clean Run command history and Start Menu Run history on Windows Vista/XP/2003/2000/ME/98.
Clear All History - clean run history and other computer activity tracks from your PC
Clear All History - easy way to clear run history
Using Clear All History you can clear run history manually or automatically using program scheduler.
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How to clean run history
 Windows Run history (Run command history)
Windows Run history is the history of files and programs you have run using 'Run' command. You can easily Run history in Windows 'Start' -> 'Run'.
Windows Run history is stored in the registry in location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU.
To protect your privacy, you can clean run history
How to clean your Run history (Run command history)
To clean Run history:
• Click 'Start' button.
• Select 'Run'.
• Start the registry editor (regedit.exe) - in the text field type regedit and press 'Enter'
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
On the right panel you will see the list of programs that you have run using 'Run' command.
• Right-click on the program you want to delete and click 'Delete' or select Edit -> Delete.
• Click Yes for confirmation.
• Close the registry editor.
 Note: You will need to restart your computer to apply changes.
 Attention: Do not edit any registry entries unless you are certain that you know what you are doing as you can potentially corrupt your operating system.
Windows Start Menu Run history (recently opened programs)
Every time you open a program from 'Start Menu', the date and number of times you used it is stored in an encrypted database. If you don't clear UserAssist data, it can compromise your privacy and security and increase the number of entries in the registry slowing Windows down.
Using Clear All History you can easily clean 'Start Menu' open programs history (Windows Explorer UserAssist Data).
Windows keeps full run history under the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist
Windows Vista Start Menu contains a list of recently run programs (Vista Recent run list) which will be shown once Start button is clicked. Whenever users run program, Vista will keep tracks of this information and build a list of recently run applications and rank them according how frequently the program has been accessed and used. This recently and frequently run programs list provides users with easy to access shortcut to quickly open and run programs.
Generally, Windows Vista Start Menu contains by default 9 recently run programs.
Windows Start Menu Run history (recently opened programs)
To clean Run history on Vista (clean Vista Start menu 'Recent run programs list')
• Click 'Start' button.
• Select 'Settings'.
• Select 'Taskbar and Start Menu Properties'.
• Open 'Start menu' tab.
• Click 'Customize'.
• To clear recently run programs click 'Clear' button.
• Click 'OK' to clear Start menu run history.
How to clean Run history in Start menu on Windows XP
To clean Windows XP Run history (Clear recently run programs list)
• Right-click on 'Start' button.
• Select 'Properties'.
• Open 'Start menu' tab.
• Click 'Customize'.
• To clear recently run programs click 'Clear' button.
• Click 'OK' to clean Start menu run history.
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Clear All History helps you clean run history with one click. If you want, you can schedule Clear All History to automatically clean run history. Shredder option makes recovering deleted information absolutely impossible.
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