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Whenever I make secondary click on any windows application, it shows me a list of recent files:

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I have already tried to remove them using this:

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but they don't go away. Could you help me?

Dau
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  • Did you restart the computer after clearing Quick Access? If not, clear again, close out all, and restart. Then test again. – John Sep 13 '20 at 02:19
  • how do I remove quiack access? I only did what I posted, I restart the computer but they are still there – Dau Sep 13 '20 at 02:40

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Actuallly these are called jump lists. You can go to %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations, %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations,%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent and remove the files there. Restart explorer then with taskkill /im explorer.exe /f & explorer in command prompt.

Wasif
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  • What happens if I remove all the files that are in %APPDATA%?, and what is the last taskkill command for? – Dau Sep 13 '20 at 02:41
  • No no no dont remove everything in `%Appdata%`, it contains many per-User valuable application data and preferences that is required for windows and other applications to work properly. We are only allowed to remove specific files in the `%Appdata%`. The last `taskkill` command will kill running explorer (the total windows shell), `/f` switch makes it forcefully. Then we restart explorer and windows shell with the command after ampersand. This is a good practice to notify system about the changes made. – Wasif Sep 13 '20 at 02:44
  • if I restart the whole operating sytem, can avoid the last command? – Dau Sep 13 '20 at 02:46
  • Yes you can avoid the last command if you restart whole system. or you can call UpdatePerUserSystemParameters function from user32.dll, but that is advanced and not recommended. Better is you restart system or explorer. – Wasif Sep 13 '20 at 02:47
  • well, I have already done what you told me, and now they don't appear, thanks – Dau Sep 13 '20 at 03:05
  • Welcome. If you have found the answer helpful, then please click the bog check mark in the answer to accept is the answer of this question. – Wasif Sep 13 '20 at 03:06