I just upgraded to a new computer, and I also have a permanently empty MRU
list. That's just one of a million things I need to fix -- it's an incredible
bother to change machines. We, as developers, should keep that in mind when we
write programs. The registry has some advantages, but ini files were much more
portable.
At 5/21/99 02:27 PM, you wrote:
>I have a question (of course...):
>
>I've been using POSE (and GCC) quite successfully for a while now and
>I'm quite happy with the setup (except for debugging, but that's another
>message). Version details are: Windows 95 and POSE v2.1d25.
>
>When right-clicking on POSE (for the menu) and selecting the "install
>application / database", I normally get a list of MRU files. Well,
>this list seems to grow and grow and grow... Some of the file names
>(with paths) are quite long and make the list annoying. Also, I happen
>to have many file names that are somewhat similar.
>
>So... I decided to go into the registry and remove some of the names
>manually. I did so, and the list now comes up empty, which is exactly
>what I wanted. Unfortunately, the list *stays* empty. So I figured
>that something about the MRU registry entries were inconsistent. So
>next, I removed all entries from the HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>for the 3com entry. The emulator comes up as a new program (not remembering
>anything about screen location or other options). However, the MRU
>list continues to stay empty!
>
>Yes, I know that I broke something. Yes, I know that messing with
>the registry can break (sometimes lots of) things. I've been quite
>successful in the past, but not this time. I searched for "3com" "emulator"
>and "prc" to find relevant entries.
>
>Does anyone know what else I need to remove from the registry to make
>the emulator think it's running for the very first time on a machine,
>and resume the normal MRU behavior?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dave.
>
>--
>Dave Smith
>Colorado Springs, CO USA
>
>
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