Category: windows xp

  • How to disable “There are unused items on your desktop”

    Right-click on your desktop background and select [Properties]. From the “Display Properties” window, select the [Desktop] tab. Select the [Customize Desktop…] button at the bottom. Uncheck the “Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days” box and click the [OK] button, and then click the [OK] button on the display properties window. That should be it!

  • Run Command Most Recently Used List Storage

    At least for Windows XP, this list is stored in the registry: My ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerRunMRU It looks like there are values a through z off of RunMRU, plus (Default) and MRUList. There is string value in MRUList: e.g., “nkvlsawbhczeyoijfugrtdxpmq”, which determines the ordering of MRUList entries.