Fortunately, You Can Create a Registry Shortcut That Clearsthe Run Command's MRU List

Fortunately, you can create a registry shortcut that clearsthe Run command's MRU list. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). 2. Go toHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M45464564icrosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Explorer\RunMRU. 3. Right-click the RunMRU key andselect Export. 4. Name the REG file Clear Run MRU, click the Save button,and close the Registry Editor. 5. Open the Clear Run MRU.regfile in Notepad. 6. Add a minus sign to the beginning of the key name justinside the square brackets. 7. Delete all lines that follow the line containing the keypath. 8. Save the file and closeNotepad. 9. Reboot Windows (or at least log off and then log back on)in order for this change to become effective. Now, any time you want to clearthe Run command's MRU list, simply locate and double-click the Clear Run MRU.reg file. When you do so, the Registry Editor willdisplay two dialog boxes: one that prompts you to confirm the operation, andthe other to let you know the operation was successful.

Notes: Editing the registry is risky, so be sureyou have a verified backup before saving any changes. This tip applies to both Windows XP Homeand Professional ed Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For most, this feature remains unused (or rarely used). Why is that? Well, First off nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be accessed through Windows. There are, however, tools and utilities that I bet you never knew you had that can be accessed through the Run feature. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, I decided to put together the following listing, which lists 99 Run Commands and what they correspond too...

1 To Access… Run Command 2 Accessibility Controls access.cpl 3 Accessibility Wizard accwiz 4 Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl 5 Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl 6 Administrative Tools control admintools 7 Adobe Acrobat (if installed) acrobat 8 Adobe Designer (if installed) formdesigner 9 Adobe Distiller (if installed) acrodist 10 Adobe ImageReady (if installed) imageready 12 Adobe Photoshop (if installed) photoshop 13 Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl 14 Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt 15 Calculator calc 16 Certificate Manager certmgr.msc 17 Character Map charmap 18 Check Disk Utility chkdsk 19 Clipboard Viewer clipbrd 20 Command Prompt cmd 21 Component Services dcomcnfg 22 Computer Management compmgmt.msc 23 Control Panel control 24 Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl 25 DDE Shares ddeshare 26 Device Manager devmgmt.msc 27 Direct X Control Panel (if installed)* directx.cpl 28 Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag 29 Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr 30 Disk Defragment dfrg.msc 31 Disk Management diskmgmt.msc 32 Disk Partition Manager diskpart 33 Display Properties control desktop 34 Display Properties desk.cpl 35 Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) control color 36 Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32 37 Driver Verifier Utility verifier 38 Event Viewer eventvwr.msc 39 Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz 40 File Signature Verification Tool sigverif 41 Findfast findfast.cpl 42 Firefox (if installed) firefox 43 Folders Properties folders 44 Fonts control fonts 45 Fonts Folder fonts 46 Free Cell Card Game freecell 47 Game Controllers joy.cpl 48 Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) gpedit.msc 49 Hearts Card Game mshearts 50 Help and Support helpctr 51 HyperTerminal hypertrm 52 Iexpress Wizard iexpress 53 Indexing Service ciadv.msc 54 Internet Connection Wizard icwconn1 55 Internet Explorer iexplore 56 Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl 57 Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz 58 IP Configuration (Display Connection ipconfig /all Configuration) 59 IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns 60 IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns 61 IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release 62 IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew 63 IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers ipconfig /registerdns DNS) 64 IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid 65 IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid 66 Java Control Panel (if installed) jpicpl32.cpl 67 Java Control Panel (if installed) javaws 68 Keyboard Properties control keyboard 69 Local Security Settings secpol.msc 70 Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc 71 Logs You Out Of Windows logoff 72 Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt 73 Microsoft Access (if installed) msaccess 74 Microsoft Chat winchat 75 Microsoft Excel (if installed) excel 76 Microsoft Frontpage (if installed) frontpg 77 Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk 78 Microsoft Paint mspaint 79 Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed) powerpnt 80 Microsoft Word (if installed) winword 81 Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync 82 Minesweeper Game winmine 83 Mouse Properties control mouse 84 Mouse Properties main.cpl 85 Nero (if installed) nero 86 Netmeeting conf 87 Network Connections control netconnections 88 Network Connections ncpa.cpl 89 Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl 90 Notepad notepad 91 Nview Desktop Manager (if installed) nvtuicpl.cpl 92 Object Packager packager 93 ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl 94 On Screen Keyboard osk 95 Opens AC3 Filter (if installed) ac3filter.cpl 96 Outlook Express msimn 97 Paint pbrush 98 Password Properties password.cpl 99 Performance Monitor perfmon.msc 100 Performance Monitor perfmon 101 Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl 102 Phone Dialer dialer 103 Pinball Game pinball 104 Power Configuration powercfg.cpl 105 Printers and Faxes control printers 106 Printers Folder printers 107 Private Character Editor eudcedit 108 Quicktime (If Installed) QuickTime.cpl 109 Quicktime Player (if installed) quicktimeplayer 110 Real Player (if installed) realplay 111 Regional Settings intl.cpl 112 Registry Editor regedit 113 Registry Editor regedit32 114 Remote Access Phonebook rasphone 115 Remote Desktop mstsc 116 Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc 117 Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc 118 Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) rsop.msc 119 Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl 120 Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks 121 Security Center wscui.cpl 122 Services services.msc 123 Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc 124 Shuts Down Windows shutdown 125 Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl 126 Spider Solitare Card Game spider 127 SQL Client Configuration cliconfg 128 System Configuration Editor sysedit 129 System Configuration Utility msconfig 130 System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow 131 System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At The sfc /scanonce Next Boot) 132 System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot 133 System File Checker Utility (Return Scan Setting To sfc /revert Default) 134 System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache 135 System File Checker Utility (Sets Cache Size to size sfc /cachesize=x x) 136 System Information msinfo32 137 System Properties sysdm.cpl 138 Task Manager taskmgr 139 TCP Tester tcptest 140 Telnet Client telnet 141 Tweak UI (if installed) tweakui 142 User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl 143 Utility Manager utilman 144 Windows Address Book wab 145 Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig 146 Windows Backup Utility (if installed) ntbackup 147 Windows Explorer explorer 148 Windows Firewall firewall.cpl 149 Windows Magnifier magnify 150 Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc 151 Windows Media Player wmplayer 152 Windows Messenger msmsgs 153 Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera wiaacmgr connected) 154 Windows System Security Tool syskey 155 Windows Update Launches wupdmgr 156 Windows Version (to show which version of winver windows) 157 Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart 158 Wordpad write Hi,

Just go to:

• Click Start • Click Run • Enter gpedit.msc in the Open box and click OK • In the Group Policy settings window o Select User Configuration o Select Administrative Templates o Select System o Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options o Select Remove Task Manager o Double-click the Remove Task Manager option

Regards, Eric Mbela Nairobi, Kenya

#4 04-26-2007, 06:28 PM Join Date: Feb 2004 Miz Offline Location: Kansas Registered User Posts: 1,681 On the other hand, gpedit.msc is not available in XP Home. Of course, we don't know which version kenk is running.

Since kenk hasn't posted back since his original post on March 11, I guess he either fixed it or gave up.

#5 04-27-2007, 01:37 AM Mabonyo67 Offline Join Date: Apr 2007 Registered User Posts: 3 Enable Or Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home & Professional Hi,

For Windows XP Home Edition use "The registry edit & For Windows XP Professional you still use the option I had suggested which is:

I hope this Info has helped you.

Eric Mbela