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What is Visual Studio MRU?

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How do I clean Visual Studio MRU?

Visual Studio MRU may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Visual Studio MRU
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Visual Studio MRU manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. Visual Studio MRU stores private data in twelve registry keys.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Visual Studio MRU, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry keys:

1. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 7.1.
   • Right-click FileMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
2. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 7.1.
   • Right-click ProjectMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
3. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 8.0.
   • Right-click FileMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
4. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 8.0.
   • Right-click ProjectMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
5. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 9.0.
   • Right-click FileMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
6. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 9.0.
   • Right-click ProjectMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
7. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 10.0.
   • Right-click FileMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
8. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 10.0.
   • Right-click ProjectMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
9. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand VisualStudio.
   • Expand 11.0.
   • Right-click FileMRUList.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
10. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
    • Expand Software.
    • Expand Microsoft.
    • Expand VisualStudio.
    • Expand 11.0.
    • Right-click ProjectMRUList.
    • Choose Delete from the context menu.
    • Click Yes.
11. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
    • Expand Software.
    • Expand Microsoft.
    • Expand VisualStudio.
    • Expand 12.0.
    • Right-click FileMRUList.
    • Choose Delete from the context menu.
    • Click Yes.
12. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
    • Expand Software.
    • Expand Microsoft.
    • Expand VisualStudio.
    • Expand 12.0.
    • Right-click ProjectMRUList.
    • Choose Delete from the context menu.
    • Click Yes.

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