Every time you use the Search Assistant (F3 in Explorer) to search for a file, it will remember the filename.

Manual clean instructions

1. Delete all the values except (’Default’) in the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5603

2. Delete all the values except (’Default’) in the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5604

3. Delete all the values except (’Default’) in the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}\FilesNamedMRU

4. Delete all the values except (’Default’) in the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}\ContainingTextMRU

5. Delete all the values except (’Default’) in the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5647

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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}’.