Is there a way to stop Windows 7 from listing my recently used files in those pop-up lists in the taskbar
Those “Jump Lists,†as Microsoft calls them in Windows 7 and Windows 8, are intended to be a convenience since they let you “jump†right back into whatever you were recently working on without having to hunt around the computer for the files. Jump Lists appear when you right-click a program icon in the Windows desktop taskbar. In Windows 7, you can also go to the Jump Lists from the programs listed in the Start menu.
If you would rather not leave a list of your recently used files hanging around the taskbar, you can change the settings. In Windows 7, right-click the tskbar and choose Properties from the menu. When the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties box appears, click the Start Menu tab, turn off the checkbox next to “Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar†and click OK.
For those using Windows 8’s desktop mode, right-click the taskbar and in the Properties box, click the Jump Lists tab. Under the Privacy section, turn off the checkbox next to “Store and display recently opened items in Jump Lists†and click the OK button.
