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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / December 2007Cannot delete document in Word 2007
I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word instructions and they don't work. Virginia I assume that you mean the recent file list seen when you click the pizza button? These are not documents but links to documents. If the documents themselves are removed the links will not work, but will remain in the list. The list is stored in the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12\Word\FileMRU, from where you can delete individual entries or You can use the following macro which will reset the list to your preset preferred number of displayed documents: Sub ClearMRU Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum RecentFiles.Maximum = 0 RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize End Sub See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm or to edit the list see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They > all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word > instructions > and they don't work. > Virginia The pin indicates that they have been "pinned" to the MRU list to be permanent. There should be a way to unpin them (try clicking on the tack icon). SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA >I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They > all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word > instructions > and they don't work. > Virginia I tried clicking the pin and it changes to a round circle but still doesn't delete the document. > The pin indicates that they have been "pinned" to the MRU list to be > permanent. There should be a way to unpin them (try clicking on the tack [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > and they don't work. > > Virginia In that case, they are still among the most recently used and will gradually be supplanted both other documents you open. In previous versions, you could set the MRU number to zero and then back to nine, and the old entries would be gone. My understanding is that in 2007 that's not possible through the UI, but Greg Maxey offers an add-in for this purpose at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA >I tried clicking the pin and it changes to a round circle but still doesn't > delete the document. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> > and they don't work. >> > Virginia Suzanne <snip> > In previous versions, you could > set the MRU number to zero and then back to nine, and the old entries would > be gone. My understanding is that in 2007 that's not possible through the > UI, <snip> I have Word 2007 and Windows XP: you can do the same thing in Word 2007. Setting the number to 0 (and closing Word Options to accept the change) and then opening Word Options and resetting it to some other number works; that is, when resetting it to, say, 5, the earlier files do *not* reappear. David Okay, that's good to know. I thought I had read otherwise--perhaps it's only setting it to a lower number (but greater than zero) and then back to a higher that doesn't work? SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Suzanne > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > David Suzanne, Yep, you're right about the differential effect. I changed to "5" to "2" and then back to "5": 5 documents then showed immediately in the recent document windows. So, it does seem that if one resets to a lower number (other than "0") and then resets to a higher number, then the higher number of documents shows immediately -- and the intermediate reset to a lower number has no lasting effect. But resetting to "0" wipes out the list even when thereafter reset to a higher number. David ********************************************** > Okay, that's good to know. I thought I had read otherwise--perhaps it's only > setting it to a lower number (but greater than zero) and then back to a > higher that doesn't work? Thanks for the confirmation. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Suzanne, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> only setting it to a lower number (but greater than zero) and then back >> to a higher that doesn't work? In Fact the MRU can be set up to 50 documents now. I set mine so that all my screen height is used and none scroll off the bottom edge - that's 43 documents at 1640 X 1080 resolution). Terry Farrell > Okay, that's good to know. I thought I had read otherwise--perhaps it's > only setting it to a lower number (but greater than zero) and then back to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> David > I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They > all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word instructions > and they don't work. > Virginia I do not want these documents to stay in the links. I want them deleted. I am not using them anymore. I used Word Perfect for years and when you decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling me that I can never delete any documents that they willl stay there? > I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They > all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word instructions > and they don't work. > Virginia Hi Virginia, Unfortuntately the deletion cursor used in prior versions that could take off entries didn't work right in Word 2007 and was basically disabled by Microsoft. At present the three basic ways to delete entries on the Recent document list in Word 2007 under the Office Button are: 1. Reset the list size to zero in Word's Options [File Button=>Word Options] or (Alt, T, O, A) and scroll down in the 'Advanced' settings to the 'Display' category and change the 'Show this Number of Recent Documents' setting to zero to remove all entries. 2. Delete the specific registry entry for that item either manually Start=>Run Regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT USER Software Microsoft Office 12.0 Word File MRU locate the file name you want removed, right click on the 'Item #' and delete the particular file name then restart Word. or do the above with a Word macro. [Unfortunately I don't recall seeing a macro similar to Word 2003's support.dot template form driven macro for setting registry options, that would make this a bit simpler] :( 3. Wait/ignore that particular item until it drops off of the list as its replaced by a newer entry. ================ I do not want these documents to stay in the links. I want them deleted. I am not using them anymore. I used Word Perfect for years and when you decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling me that I can never delete any documents that they willl stay there?>> SignatureBob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Bob the first one sounds to me like I would delete all the documents and I don't want to do that. I have a couple documents that I want to delete permanently and definitely don't want them to come back. So I think I will try the second one. Thank You so much Also, thank you all to your replies. > Hi Virginia, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling me that I can never delete any documents that they > willl stay there?>> Bob I went in on #2 as you wrote and after finding the document I wanted It said: Deleting certain registry values could cause system instability. Are you sure you want to permantly delete this value. > Hi Virginia, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling me that I can never delete any documents that they > willl stay there?>> Hi Virginia, The registry is like the files on your hard drive. Deleting or changing items you know is usually okay, deleting at random in either place can cause problems and frustrations. Deleting one of the listed files is usually okay, but you can always backup that section of the registry first if you like from RegEdit's File=>Export list by highlighting the 'FileMRU' key. If you're not comfortable using RegEdit directly, Suzanne Barnhill mentioned in another post in this thread that there is indeed, now, thanks to Greg Maxey, a download you can obtain http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recently%20Used%20Files%20Edit.zip that along the lines of MS's previous Word Support template, gives you an form (as described on his page) http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm that will let you choose items to remove from the Word 2007 File MRU (Most Recently Used list). It works in Word 2007. Download the zip file, extract the .DOT (template) file it contains to your computer along with other .dot templates then double click it and use the 'Edit Recent File List' choice under the 'Add-Ins' tab that appears on the ribbon. (Note that Word may seem to take a long time to start when you start it by double clicking on the template file, but be patient <g>) Once you make that choice in the 'Add-Ins' tab you'll have a form that you can use by just clicking on the individual entries you want removed. You can also set the number of files to appear from zero to fifty. Also as another poster, DJPrius mentioned you can also shorten rather than zero out the number of items on the list (method 1) then reset to a higher number to erase only part of the list. )This was a change from a prerelease version of Word 2007) <g>. =========== Bob I went in on #2 as you wrote and after finding the document I wanted It said: Deleting certain registry values could cause system instability. Are you sure you want to permantly delete this value.>> SignatureBob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* One correction, Bob: shortening the list does *not* work, as DJPrius confirmed; when you reset to a higher number, all the files come back. Only by setting to zero can you actually clear (any part of) the list. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote > Hi Virginia, > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Deleting certain registry values could cause system instability. Are you > sure you want to permantly delete this value.>> |
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