How do you clear your MRU list in Visual Studio?

Question

I want to clear the list of projects on the start page...how do I do this? I know I can track it down in the registry, but is there an approved route to go?

Answer 1

There is an MSDN article here which suggests that you just move the projects to a new directory.

However, as you mentioned, the list of projects is kept in the registry under this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version>\ProjectMRUList 

and the list of recent files is kept in this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version>\FILEMRUList 

Note For Visual Studio 2015:
The location has changed. You can check out this answer for details.

Some people have automated clearing this registry key with their own tools:
Visual Studio Most Recent Files Utility
Add-in for cleaning Visual Studio 2008 MRU Projects list

Answer 2

PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008

Features

• Clear Recent File List
• Clear Recent Project List
• Clear All Panes
• Copy Path
• Email CodeSnippet
• Insert Guid Attribute
• Show All Files
• Undo Close
• Collapse Projects
• Copy Class
• Paste Class
• Copy References
• Paste References
• Copy As Project Reference
• Edit Project File
• Open Containing Folder
• Open Command Prompt
• Unload Projects
• Reload Projects
• Remove and Sort Usings
• Extract Constant
• Transform Templates
• Close All