Every time you open a file with Adobe Reader, the filename will be remembered. Applies to Adobe Reader 6.0 and 5.0.

Manual clean instructions

1. Delete all subkeys to the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles

2. Delete all subkeys to the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\5.0\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles

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Compatability notice

The instructions above are automatically generated on a Windows Vista machine. Some locations may vary between different platforms. For example on Vista the user directory is generally found under ‘c:\users\{username}’ while on previous Windows versions where user directories usually reside under ‘c:\documents and settings\{username}’.