The entire key, including the 'default' and the 'values' have to be deleted in order for it to clear.
Thanks
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Outlook stores the MRU lists for the Standard toolbar's Find a Contact box and the Tools menu's Find command in binary format. You can't edit these lists, but you can clear them. To clear the Find a Contact list, delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRU\QuickFindMRU
I notice that key isn't cleaned in Office XP using the default winapp.ini or by winapp2.ini, it's however cleaned by CCleaner for Microsoft Office 2003.
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Instructions:
To clean that Outlook QuickFindMRU key copy+paste the following into winapp2.ini:
Can you extract that QuickFindMRU key using RegEdit, then copy exactly what's listed in the extracted .reg file and paste it into the forum! That's probably the best way for me to figure it out.
I hope I got that all copied it right --- it wouldn't cut and paste.
Thanks everyone.
Can you extract that QuickFindMRU key using RegEdit, then copy exactly what's listed in the extracted .reg file and paste it into the forum! That's probably the best way for me to figure it out.
Ok, it's clear it's for MS Office 2003, so no wonder that first one didn't work at all.
Here's another shot at it:
[*MS Outlook 2003]LangSecRef=3021Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\OutlookDefault=TrueRegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRU
The only difference between this and what CCleaner has in it is this:
It worked --- my Outlook 2003 is now blissfully free of the memory of which contact I looked up last.
FYI, here is the code out of my winapp2.ini file:
[*MS Office 2003 MRU Common List]LangSecRef=3021Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRU\QuickfindMRUDefault=TrueRegKey10=HKCU\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickfindMRU|KeyDetect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRUDefault=TrueRegKey10=HKCU\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickfindMRU[*MS Outlook 2003]LangSecRef=3021Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\OutlookDefault=TrueRegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRU
Thanks to Andavari and everyone else who got this fix in.
Ok, it's clear it's for MS Office 2003, so no wonder that first one didn't work at all.
Here's another shot at it:
[*MS Outlook 2003]LangSecRef=3021Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\OutlookDefault=TrueRegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRU
The only difference between this and what CCleaner has in it is this: