Selectively delete entries from Windows 7 autocomplete history dropdown box

Question

Random question, and I'm sure it has a very simple answer, if not already asked and answered in some shape or form.

How do you selectively delete entries from the autocomplete history dropdown thingy?

For example, in the Run dialog box, typing a few letters will display a dropdown box with a history of matchine entries that you have previously run.

I swear I used to be able to delete from the list by using the arrow keys to highlight and then press the DEL key. Regardless of whether this is true or not, is there any way to selectively delete entries from this list? Another example is the dropdown list in the Remote Desktop Connection dialog box.

Answer 1

The 'Run...' history can be found in the Registry at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU

So, run 'regedit', navigate to the above branch, and select and delete the appropriate keys.

The Search box history entries in Windows Explorer (and entries in the 'Recent docs' list in many other programs such as MS Office) can be selectively removed simply by highlighting them and hitting 'Delete'.