MRU keys in the registry

[bburg23]

I am fairly new to NT platform and have a question about the registry. Is there a way to disable the registry from recording what is saved? For example, the following hive saves information about each type of file saved. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32
I know the keys can be deleted, but is there a way to disable a list from being made?

 

[zman]

Sure here you go

http://www.spywareinfo.com/comdlg32.html

 

[bburg23]

thanks

 

[smarac]

I foun it here in XP pro
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1844237615-152049171-842925246-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32

is it the same thing

 

[zman]

Yes smarac, but doing it in there , is only relevant to that user account.

Best is to do it through where it says and it clears it for all users 🙂

 

[Howling Wolf]

Sorry guys, I'm loged as Administrator, I searched through registry and only found the suspicious key EMPTY, no subkeys under...
Is this normal ?

Or is this already Fool's Day ?

 

[max]

hahahah no Daemon , this is 100% legit

Are you opening ComDlg32 and not seeing any subfolders ?


Are you sure you followed the correct registry path - double check

it will be there, just follow the path exactly 🙂

 

[bruceleroy]

mines empty too when i read the article i checked it and there were a few files so i rebooted and they were purged maybe because i have my internet history set to 0 days?

 

[Mike Lowe]

I also found mine empty.
I believe this is due to the setting that clears the MRU on shutdown. In ItweakUI it is 'clear recent documents on shutdown' This applies to the current user only.

 

[smarac]

On my PC this location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32
was empty but next one wasn't
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1844237615-152049171-842925246-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32