Media Player history disable

[GraveLayer]

From the site:

To prevent Media Player from entering more data in the list:
1. Click Start --> Run and type regedit
2. Navigate to this Directory :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/MediaPlayer/Preferences

3. In the right window double click on the key called "AddToMRU"
4. Double click that key and set the value to 00 (two zeros).

I HAVE NO "AddToMRU" on my computer! I did get rid of:

To remove the media Player history:
1. Click Start --> Run and type regedit
2. Navigate to this Directory called "RecentFileList" and click on it:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/MediaPlayer/Player/RecentFileList

3. Right click on each key in the right window, and choose delete. i.e File 0, File 1 etc
4. Also check the folder below it called "RecentURLList" and do the same

What gives?

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Lets see if I understand you correctly:-
You don't have a Key called "AddToMRU" and naturally no Value of "00"

If you want to make it/them, go as far down the list as you can, ie. HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/MediaPlayer/Preferences
right-click a blank area in the right side and choose "New" "String Value", inthe box that appears type:-
AddToMRU
Click anywhere off that name then double-click that name, and in the box that appears type:-
00
Click "OK" then close the registry

 

[GraveLayer]

I may or may not try that. Its my work computer (Dell running W2K SP2) so we'll see. I thought it strange that it wasn't THERE already.

 

[pikkuneiti]

Hello GraveLayer

I guess you have Media Player 6.4 or something. That comes with 2k. It keeps no history records.
The advice given refers to Media Player 7.

// pikkuneiti

 

[GraveLayer]

Thanks for the info but I have Version:

7.01.00.3055 on the machine in question......

Any other thoughts???

 

[Swi]

Do both solutions (key reg and del file stuff) but it works only if the AddToMRU key is a BINARY value and not a String value...

BTW, i have WMP 8.00.00.4477

Swi