how do i clear this drop down menu?
how do i clear this drop down menu?
I attempted to remove and disable it, but it persists during runtime. I searched the registry for some entries, but only found a few, not the complete list.
In the registry, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU. Open the Registry Editor, paste the path you copied, and press Enter to access it. I removed the "a" entry, cleared the MRUList string, then used Win+R to open Run... which is now empty.
these entries come from a search query but switching 'c' or 'f' shows a different list. file paths appear in the listing, either on C drive or D drive. items pop up automatically when files are opened or saved. typing 'G' displays results for certain MS domains.
it's also looking in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs\url1 , url2 etc etc hkcu hkey current user Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs try clearing those. or go in internet explorer and clear the history for future reference ... you can download SysInternals Suite from Microsoft : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysint...nals-suite There's a utility there called ProcMon / ProcMon64 (and a fancy task manager called Process Explorer which can also help but anyway... ) You can start it and set filters in this case IF process name is NOT explorer.exe, then exclude, because you only want to see what explorer.exe does when you type stuff in the run box ( Run is part of explorer, it's not separate program). And once you hit that, you'll see explorer constantly accesses registry lots, so you may have to clear the list after you press Win + R to open the run, then type a key in run and then go in ProcMon to pause / stop capturing data. Now you can scroll up to see what registry keys or files explorer has opened and that's how I found those above.
Thanks for your message. I tried using Procmon and found it quite effective, though things were complex. I followed your advice and removed the URLs, but I’m not worried about them. My main task was to edit or delete the dropdown list of letters (F, C, D). I couldn’t locate instructions on how to do that. I discovered that turning off autosuggestions clears the dropdown, but my aim is to fix earlier steps instead. Could you help me with that? Also, I downloaded Sysinternals Suite but there are thousands of programs—no idea what they are.