Cleaning Office 2007 MRU resetting option?

[davidlim]

hi, i noticed this behaviour for the past builds.

 

Basically, cleaning the Office 2007 MRU works.

 

But somehow, it resets the option set here: "Show this number of Recent Documents: [ 17 ]"

 

The number = numbers of recent doucments to be listed by Office apps.

 

 

If i changed this value = 0, therefore there'll be no more recent doucment listing. But if i use ccleaner again, it resets this option back to 17 (default).

 

 

Is there anyway to clear MRU without resetting this option?

[Andavari]

Nope. If you let CCleaner tidy up Office it wipes out the settings unfortunately. It's all or nothing, which is why I don't let CCleaner clean Office.

[davidlim]

well, logically, if i wipe off the mru list, i would want also the settings = 0 (aka OFF). that make sense

 

if the setting is reset back to 17, that means it'll start storing and showing the MRU list again (which makes me wanna use ccleaner again )

[Glenn]

I believe the problem is that, for Office 2007, the embedded ini includes the line:

 

RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\Open Find\Microsoft Office Word\Settings\Save As\File Name MRU

 

If you create a winapp1.ini file that duplicates the Office 2007 entry but omits the one line, that should solve your problem. I use a similar fix in Office 2003.

 

EDIT: The downside of this solution is that you may have to update the winapp1.ini when a new version of CCleaner is released.