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By: Consultare l’ elenco completo di tutti i file aperti o visualizzati di recente con Recent Files View - Geekissimo

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:00:45 +0000

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By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:06:21 +0000

however much I admire NirSoft products, a more elegant solution would be to use ActualDoc Standard which is free (the pro version has some useful features such as image preview and the ability to password protect recent docs)
http://www.flexigensoft.com/actualdoc

By: Disable Recent Documents Listing in Windows

Disable Recent Documents Listing in Windows — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:57:23 +0000

[...] reviewed the Nirsoft application Recent Files View yesterday which brought two possible privacy leaks to my attention. Windows is keeping a record of [...]

By: Dante

Dante — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:31:33 +0000

This is great for the imbeciles in the office where they always complain that they couldn’t find the file they had just been working on. And, of course, they did nothing. The computer just deleted all files by itself, or moved the files. Or sometimes the “computer” just changed the files all by itself too. Come to think of it, maybe the “computer” can fire them all by itself….

By: EP

EP — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:35:57 +0000

From the Nirsoft site:

“The Location Of Recent Files Information
The recent opened files list is stored in 2 places:

* Recent Folder: The recent folder is usually located under C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Profile]\Recent (The path is different under Windows Vista), and it contains shortcuts to the recently opened files.
* Registry: Each time that a file is selected in save/open dialog-box, the filename is added to the files list under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU “

By: EP

EP — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:34:26 +0000

My jaw dropped at the files it was listing from 8 months ago!

I always “clean” my pc with CCleaner and other utilities and have assumed that my “tracks” were being covered.

I would certainly love to know what other information Windows keeps and what ways can be explored to truly protect our privacy.

By: Recent Files View, mostrar archivos a los que ingresamos recientemente en una lista

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:25:30 +0000

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