in word2007, right click, I have way too many recent files.


i want to delete them all as I rarely use that feature for accessing my files.

i have tried below suggestions but that does not work

Start the 2007 Office program.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Program_name Options.
2. In the left pane, click Advanced.
3. Under Display, type 0 in the Show this number of Recent Documents box.
4. Click OK.

I changed my recent documents from 17 to zero and clicked OK.
i even did a restart to see if that made a difference.


not a huge deal but frustrating that I am not successful with this simple procedure.


hope someone can help.
once i get word fixed then i can work on excel and mayb powerpoint which i assume is generally the same logic.