Clearing Visual Studio (2005/2008) Recent Project List (MRU)

by Bobby Cannon July 07, 2010 08:30 PM

If you do any branching and merging in Visual Studio's Team System then I know you may have asked yourself how can I clear my project "MRU" list on the start page? I reset mine multiple times a day. Especially after a long merge session for a release. You end up with four projects with the exact same name but different locations. Here is an example.

This can get confusing if you open projects from the recent project list. It may lead to you to start working on another branch other than your development branch. Use this registry tip so you will never have to explain to your team why you were working on the integration branch instead of your development branch.

Clear.regWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ProjectMRUList]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ProjectMRUList]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ProjectMRUList]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ProjectMRUList]

The original article can be found here: 

http://blog.sharpstyle.com/2007/03/24/clearing-visual-studio-recent-projects-list/

Tags:

Programming | Configuration

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