---open Notepad > type & save the below lines with a filename xxx.vbs & run it----
'xp_clear_search.vbs - Clears Search History in Windows XP
'© Doug Knox - revised 04/15/2002
'This code may be freely distributed/modified
'Downloaded from www.dougknox.com
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim p1, p2, p3, WshShell, MyBox
p1 ="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5001\"
p2 = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5603\"
p3 = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5604\"
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegDelete p1
WshShell.RegDelete p2
WshShell.RegDelete p3
Set WshShell = Nothing
'Un-comment the next line to make the confirmation dialog appear
'MyBox = MsgBox("Search History has been cleared.", 4096, "Finished")
