How to clear MRUs in "Find Files" Dialog Box

[PhiloVance]

Is there a way to clear the MRU lists in the Find Files (cm_SearchFor) Dialog Box (that is, Search For:, Search In:, Find Text:)? Better yet, is there a way to prevent TC8.01 from keeping an MRU for these fields in the first place?

It's a privacy issue. If someone uses my machine after me, I'd rather they didn't know what I was searching for and where I was looking for it.

Thanks.

[Dalai]

Use Shift+Del on the expanded list(s) to clear single lines/terms, like in other programs like Firefox and so on. To clear the list completely, open the wincmd.ini in an editor (menu Configuration > Change Settings Files Directly) and look for the sections named [SearchName], [SearchIn] and [SearchText] and delete or clear them.

To prevent TC from saving a history, use RedirectSection on these sections and set a write protection on the target file. Example:

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[SearchName]
RedirectSection=history.ini

and then set read-only attribute on history.ini (or change NTFS permissions).

Regards
Dalai

[Vochomurka]

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[Horst.Epp]

Is there a way to clear the MRU lists in the Find Files (cm_SearchFor) Dialog Box (that is, Search For:, Search In:, Find Text:)? Better yet, is there a way to prevent TC8.01 from keeping an MRU for these fields in the first place?

It's a privacy issue. If someone uses my machine after me, I'd rather they didn't know what I was searching for and where I was looking for it.

Thanks.

If your machine is not Windows XP there is no privacy problem
because every user can have its own login and TC settings.
The TC settings are protected by the file system rights of actual Windows versions.

[PhiloVance]

Thanks for the suggestions and links everyone.

I solved my problem by editing the history entries out of wincmd.ini and then making it Read-only. I have TC on 3 machines and I like it to look exactly the same every time I open it and on all 3. I already had all the checkboxes turned off for Save On Exit to accomplish this. This just completes the job.

Seems to work without any problems.