Visual Studio 2005/2008: How To – Clean up recent projects/files history

Close all running instances of Visual Studio.

Copy the following code in a text editor and save the file using an extension .reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ProjectMRUList]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ProjectMRUList]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ProjectMRUList]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ProjectMRUList]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\FileMRUList]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\FileMRUList]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\FileMRUList]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\FileMRUList]

Run the .reg file and restart Visual Studio.

This registry file will work for both Visual Studio 2005/2008.

Output: You should not see Recent Files and Recent Projects list.

Document Reference:

http://www.brentlamborn.com/post/Visual-Studio-2008---Clear-Recent-Projects-List.aspx