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'mediaplayer_mru_off.vbs - Prevents additions to the Recent Files List
'© Doug Knox - revised 03/16/2002
'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\MediaPlayer\Preferences\AddToMRU"
p2 = 00
p3 = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList\"
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegWrite p1, p2, "REG_BINARY"
WshShell.RegDelete p3
Set WshShell = Nothing
MyBox = MsgBox("Media Player's Recent File list is Disabled", 4096, "Finished")
