WD2000: Deleted File Still Listed on MRU List

ID: Q214158

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you delete a file, it is not automatically removed from the most recently used (MRU) file list.
The name of a deleted file remains in the list at the bottom of the File menu (the most recently used list) after the file has been deleted (or made unavailable).


CAUSE

Microsoft Word maintains a list of up to nine of the most recently used (MRU) files at the bottom of the File menu. This list is maintained independently of the file list that appears when you click the File menu and then click Open.


RESOLUTION

To remove the deleted file name from the MRU list, you must either open additional files so that the newly opened files replace the old names, or reset the MRU list by clearing all the files.


MORE INFORMATION

To clear files from the MRU list, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  2. Select the General tab.


  3. Click to clear the Recently used file list check box.


  4. Click OK.


  5. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  6. Select the General tab.


  7. Click to select the Recently used file list check box.


  8. Click OK.


Additional query words: MRU 


Keywords          : kbdta winword word97 wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999