Determine maximum number of recent documents in Windows Server 2008

[Computer_Freak]

By default, there is no limit set for displaying the total number of items in the Recent Documents list. However if you want then you can set the limit in order to avoid displaying longer lists. Here is a small tip that will help you to determine the maximum number of items that can be listed in Recent Documents on Windows Server 2008.

• Go to "Start", "Run" and type "regedit".
• Registry Editor will open up. Look for "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"
• Here create a new registry entry by right clicking on the empty area and selecting "New"
• Give it a name such as "MaxRecentDocs" and give it a "DWORD" value of 1.

[FlashX]

Instead of limiting the Recent Document history, you can even disable it from the registry. This will help you to avoid the headache of history maintenance and all that useless stuff. Here is how you can do so:

• Open your Registry Editor.
• Go to:
  User Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
  System Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Create a new registry value with name as 'NoRecentDocsHistory' and type as "DWORD" and then assign it a value of '1' to enable the restriction.
• Exit Registry Editor and restart your computer for changes to take effect.