How to Disable MRUs in SDI
- 1). Click the "Start" menu in the lower left-hand corner of your desktop. This will trigger a pop-up menu to appear.
- 2). Type "gpedit.msc" in the search box located within the pop-up "Start" menu. This will open the Group Policy Editor menu.
- 3). Click "User Configuration," "Administrative Templates," "Windows Components" and then "Windows Explorer." This will open the Windows Explorer settings panel. The settings panel is the list located on the right side of the Windows Explorer menu.
- 4). Right-click "Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box," which is located in the settings panel. This will bring up a pop-up menu.
- 5). Click "Edit" in the pop-up menu.
- 6). Select "Disable" or "Not Configured" to clear and disable the MRUs.
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