how to delete "recently viewed files" on vista

• fifteen

  14 Dec 07, 17:35

  hi there,i have this question. everytime after i deleted a file and emptied the recycle bin, when i go to my computer and on the search bar i type in the file name of the file i deleted. i still see it there but when i click it, it says that it has be deleted. how do i clear it?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Dec 07, 17:39

  Use CCleaner.
  
  The default options will clean everything out.
• fifteen

  14 Dec 07, 17:56

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Use CCleaner.
  
  The default options will clean everything out.

  clean liao. but still have.its not the file itself.. just the name and size and stuff... it still displays the file names of files which i deleted when i search.
• kenn3th

  14 Dec 07, 17:59

  right click. C drive >> disk clean up?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Dec 07, 20:05

  Originally posted by fifteen:

  clean liao. but still have.its not the file itself.. just the name and size and stuff... it still displays the file names of files which i deleted when i search.

  Is your Recycle Bin emptied?
• kenn3th

  14 Dec 07, 20:10

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Is your Recycle Bin emptied?

  mayi, it's one of vista's "problems"
  it will still be around even when it's deleted.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Dec 07, 20:13

  Originally posted by kenn3th:

  mayi, it's one of vista's "problems"
  it will still be around even when it's deleted.

  Wait. I go some forum dig out something.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Dec 07, 20:16

  Originally posted by Corrine:
  
  Rebuild the Index for Instant Search:

  
  [*] Click Start > Control Panel.
  [*] Double-click Indexing Options.
  [*] Click Advanced.
  [*] On the Index Settings tab, click Rebuild.
  [*] Click OK to confirm.

  
  This will take some time but files no longer on the computer will be purged from the index.

  Originally posted by silver:
  
  To clean the "Recent Items" list, you can press the Start Orb, then right-click "Recent Items" and choose "Clear Recent Items List"

  Start Orb = Start button
• fifteen

  14 Dec 07, 23:47

  Thanks. It was the index thingy=)
• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Dec 07, 23:49

  
  
  Edit: Thanks to Corrine.