How to Enable/Disable Clear Recent Docs on Restart

Enable or disable the ability for Windows to clear recent docs on logoff.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then
Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer

3. Double-click on ClearRecentDocsOnExit if it exists.

If it doesn’t, right-click on ADVANCED and Select NEW–>DWORD VALUE and name it ClearRecentDocsOnExit

4. Set this value to 1 to enable the Windows to clear docs when logging off.
Set this value to 0 to disable the Windows to clear docs when logging off.