How do you clear your MRU list in Visual Studio?

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Gordon Mackie JoanMiro picture Gordon Mackie JoanMiro · Sep 17, 2008 · Viewed 29.4k times · Source

I want to clear the list of projects on the start page...how do I do this? I know I can track it down in the registry, but is there an approved route to go?

Answer

Dusty Campbell picture Dusty Campbell · Sep 17, 2008

There is an MSDN article here which suggests that you just move the projects to a new directory.

However, as you mentioned, the list of projects is kept in the registry under this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version>\ProjectMRUList

and the list of recent files is kept in this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version>\FILEMRUList

Note For Visual Studio 2015:
The location has changed. You can check out this answer for details.

Some people have automated clearing this registry key with their own tools:
Visual Studio Most Recent Files Utility
Add-in for cleaning Visual Studio 2008 MRU Projects list

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