Source: http://www.cnblogs.com/losesea/archive/2012/11/07/2759372.html
Clear recently opened projects and files, searched content, and recently referenced components of Visual Studio (taking Visual Studio 2010 as an example ):
Visual Studio always keeps records of recently opened projects and files, as well as the content to be searched, as well as recently referenced components, and even deleted projects, but does not delete them in Visual Studio. The following describes several deletion methods:
First, create a BAT file and double-click it to clear it.CodeAs follows:
@ Echo off
@ Reg Delete hkcu \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ filemrulist/F
@ Reg Delete hkcu \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ projectmrulist/F
@ Reg Delete hkcu \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ find/F
@ Reg Delete hkcu \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ componentpickerpages/F
@ Reg Delete hkcu \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ object_browser/F
Type 2: manually clear it in the registry, which is cumbersome
1) Delete the recently opened file
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ filemrulist, and delete the corresponding key value on the right.
2) Delete the recently opened project
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ projectmrulist, and delete the corresponding key value on the right.
3) Delete the recently searched content
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ find, and delete the corresponding key value on the right.
4) Delete the recently referenced component
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 10.0 \ componentpickerpages, and delete the corresponding key value on the right.
5) Delete the last object browsing content
hkcu \ Software \ Microsoft \ visualstudio \ 8.0 \ object_browser, and delete the corresponding key value on the right.