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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / September 2007How do I delete a project?
I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project name remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to acompiish this but I can't find it. You mean in the most recently used list on the end of the File menu?  SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ >I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project name > remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to > acompiish > this but I can't find it. > You mean in the most recently used list on the end of the File menu? > > >I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project name > > remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to > > acompiish > > this but I can't find it. Yes - even though all files have been deleted the reference the the projects continue to appear. Since they lead nowhere I see no reason why they should continue to be there. How do you get rid of them? > Yes - even though all files have been deleted the reference the the > projects > continue to appear. Since they lead nowhere I see no reason why they > should > continue to be there. How do you get rid of them? You'd have to clear out the whole MRU, as far as I know. You can do that in Tools | Options | General. Change the recently used list to 0 and close the dialog to get rid of them. Then you can change it back to whatever you want (up to 9 in PPT 2003 and earlier). SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > > Yes - even though all files have been deleted the reference the the > > projects [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > dialog to get rid of them. Then you can change it back to whatever you want > (up to 9 in PPT 2003 and earlier). >> This solution shortens the list but does not remove the reference to any >> non existent projects. If the list is expanded later the "phantom" >> projects are back but it will work for me. Thanks. Ah, I was thinking they were completely deleted. There's probably a registry hack if you need them permanently gone. I should have looked for that earlier. Here we go... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826208/en-us Might be worth a shot. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project > name > remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to > acompiish > this but I can't find it. I'm a little unclear on exactly what you're looking at in PPT. Are you in the VBA editor/IDE? If so, every open PPT file represents a project in the IDE, even if it's empty. You can't change that, but is it a problem for some reason? > > I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project > > name [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > project in the IDE, even if it's empty. You can't change that, but is it > a problem for some reason? The list of open projects continues to appear even after all files pertaining to them have been deleted. I guess the only problem I have is that I don't see any reason to have a list of projects that don't exist cluttering up the list of those that do. > The list of open projects continues to appear even after all files > pertaining to them have been deleted. I guess the only problem I have is > that I don't see any reason to have a list of projects that don't exist > cluttering up the list of those that do. OK got it. [Nod of thanks to Echo for asking the right followup question] For future ref, that's called the MRU (Most Recently Used) list in GeekSpeek. One way to change it is to open files that do exist. That'll fill it up with real files rather than bogus ones. Otherwise, you have to hit the registry. First, think about whether the risk is worth the reward; muck up the wrong bits in there and you can seriously mess up your computer. The MRU list is stored here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Recent File List The file names are in a series of entries named File1 ... File9 Delete the entries to remove the files from the MRU. Do this with PPT shut down. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > > The list of open projects continues to appear even after all files > > pertaining to them have been deleted. I guess the only problem I have is [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Thanks - I'm always for the easiest solution that doesn't carry potential bad things with it. Restricting the number of projects in the MRU to the ones that really are current works for me. I appreciate your help. On Sep 7, 5:58 pm, jerryfrmmt <jerryfr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I can delete all files relating to a specific project but the project name > remains as a project in PowerPoint. There must be an easy way to to acompiish > this but I can't find it. In 2007 Click on the "Office" button. At the bottom of the box, choose "PowerPoint Options". Click the "Advanced" entry in the left column. Under "Display" enter "0" Click "OK" The list will be erased. No entries will be displayed under MRU documents. If you go back you can re-enter a number and PP will start list files from that point on. |
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