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However, if you want to disable the Run dialog box completely, you can do so by making a change to the registry. You can easily remove the Run command from the Start menu by just unchecking the check box that enables the Run command. On the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, select the Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu check box so there is NO check mark in the box. To delete the entire history on the Run dialog box, right-click on the Start orb and select Properties from the popup menu. You can re-enable the list, but it will be empty until you enter new commands. Note that using this method permanently removes your existing list of previously entered commands. Now, we will show you the easier way of deleting and disabling the Run dialog box history. Notice that the previous history list is restored on the Run dialog box.ĭelete and Disable the Entire Run Dialog Box History

Right-click on the RunMRU key, select Permissions, and remove “Everyone” from the Group or user names list on the Permissions dialog box. If you want to restore the history list on the Run dialog box, open the Registry Editor again and navigate to the same key mentioned earlier. When you enter commands, they will not be kept in the history list. Notice that the Open drop-down list that usually contains the history of commands entered is now empty. They are not actually gone, but hidden.Ĭlose the Registry Editor and open the Run dialog box.

In the right hand window you will see the list of saved run commands.Notice that all the values including the MRUList value are gone from the list on the right side of the Registry Editor window.

Navigate to ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU’.

Type in ‘Regedit’ then press ‘Enter’ on the keyboard.

How to delete Windows 7 ‘Run’ History (using Regedit): However this will also delete the start menu history.Īnother way to to solve this is to go into the registry and manually clear the ‘run’ commands. Microsoft’s solution is to ‘untick’ then ‘retick’ the ‘Store and display a list of recently opened programs’ option. Unlike Windows XP, Windows 7 doesn’t provide a standard button to clear the Start Menu ‘Run’ history.