Since there's no longer a taskbar/start menu Control Panel, how do you clear the history of the Run box in Windows 8?
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Following are the steps to clear history of the Run box:
- Go to the Start screen, and type
regedit
and open click onregedit
to open the Registry Editor - Navigate to the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
- On the right of the screen, there are keys that contain the recently entered commands on the Run Box. Delete the ones that you want to delete
- Log off and Log back on.
That should delete history from the Run menu.
The UI Way to delete History
- Type
Clear History
in the Search box. Then click on Settings on the Charms menu - Finally select Delete History to clear the history
However, that method deletes more than just the search history of Run Box. It also deletes history from other applications like File Explorer.
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There is actually a UI way to delete history. Please see the edited answer. Oct 27, 2012 at 13:58
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This did it for me
rundll32 inetcpl.cpl ClearMyTracksByProcess 1
Empty the registry key out:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPaths]
This will kill the typed Run history.
For some reason the run box history is cleared via clearing Internet Explorer history. In IE, press ctrl+shift+del, and clear your history.