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Problem: I needed to take a screenshot of Flash’s Start Page for a project, but I don’t want it showing all my recent files and would rather have an empty list.
Solution: Well, I’m not sure if this is the “ideal” way, or if there is some secret that everybody out there knows but me, but… Basically I had to open up ye ol’ registry editor and do a quick search for one of my recently opened files. I stumbled onto the specific registry keys which needed to be deleted in order to clear the recent items list.
*** WARNING: Editing the registry may cause Flash to stop working, or your computer, or stop the planet’s rotation. Use at your own peril, and most importantly, don’t come crying to me if everything stops workin’. ***
Step 1) Close Flash. It seems like Flash writes the recently opened items to the registry after the program is closed, so if you have Flash open while trying to delete the keys, it just writes all back as soon as you close Flash.
Step 2) With Flash closed, open the Registry (on PC — Mac user’s are on their own) by selecting Start > Run…, typing “regedit”, and clicking OK.
Step 3) Search for one of your known Recent Items documents or try navigating to:
HKEY_USERS \ S-1-5-21-823518204-1606980848-839522115-1003 \ Software \ Macromedia \ Flash 7 \ Recent File List
Delete any values in this folder (File1 through File10 — leaving the (Default) entry).
Reopen Flash. If all went well, Flash’s recently opened items list should now be clear and you’re on your way to a nice screenshot or client presentation or what have you.
Does anybody out there know of an alternate way of clearing this list? Preferrably a method that doesn’t involve using the registry editor.
Posted by peter on January 24, 2005 at 01:15 PM
I'm doing what I think is right at this moment. 