By: Eugene Reyes

You can use Tweak UI to clean out Find's list of stored searches: Open the Control Panel, double-click Tweak UI, select the Paranoia tab, select Clear Find Files History At Logon, click Clear Selected Items Now, then click OK.

If you'd prefer, you can remove individual items from the list using the Registry Editor. (Note: As always, back up your Registry files--System.dat and User.dat, hidden files in your Windows folder--before proceeding.)

Open the Registry Editor by selecting Start, Run, typing

regedit

and clicking OK. Navigate your way to HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRU. In the right pane, right-click any entry you'd like to remove from the Find dialog box, select Remove, then click Yes to confirm. Close the Registry Editor.

Don't have TweakUI?  Download the latest version, TweakUI 1.33, here.  You'll need Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 to run this version of TweakUI.

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