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Tip 1: Assigning Categories
Tip 2: Removing Categories
Tip 3: Calendar Views
Tip 4: Dates & Times
Tip 5: Date and Time Shortcuts
Tip 6: Printing a Calendar
Tip 7: Automatically Create Contacts
Tip 8: Using Templates
Tip 9: Web Beacons
Tip 10: Dynamic Distribution Lists
Tip 11: Save a Message thread
Tip 12: Add More Holidays
Tip 13: Hyperlink Toolbars
Tip 14: Outlook trivia
Tip 15: Outlook 2003 Unicode PST
Tip 16: Outlook's Startup Folder
Tip 17: Import and Export
Tip 18: Using AutoResolution
Tip 19: Resolving Addresses
Tip 20: Check Names
Tip 21: Safe Lists
Tip 22: Using Word Editor
Tip 23: Using AutoComplete
Tip 24: Using Rules Wizard
Tip 25: Sharing Contacts
Tip 26: Attachment Directory
Tip 27: SecureTemp Folder
Tip 28: Outlook's MRU lists
Tip 29: Compressed Weekend Days
Tip 30: Burning PSTs to CD
Tip 31: Using HTTP with Outlook
Tip 32: Using Extended Characters
Tip 33: Using Outlook's Autoarchive
Tip 34: Using Automatic Formatting
Tip 35: Outlook's Preview Pane
Tip 36: Resend Sent Messages
Tip 37: Use AutoArchive to Delete
Tip 38: Open and Save Attachments
Tip 39: View a Sender's Address
Tip 40: Store Sent Messages
Tip 41: Day of the Week
Tip 42: Stop Processing More Rules
Tip 43: Save Changes to Attachments
Tip 44: Use Maps with Outlook
Tip 45: Send Attachments in Windows
Tip 46: Command Line Switches
Tip 47: Merging Calendar folders
Tip 48: Go To Date
Tip 49: Creating Advanced Filters
Tip 50: Preview Office System 2003
Tip 51: Fire Reminders in Any Folder
Tip 52: EULAs for Office System 2003
Tip 53: Saving your Office Activation
Tip 54: Drag and Drop Forwards
Tip 55: Outlook 2003's Junk Mail filter
Tip 56: Using Outlook's Infobar
Tip 57: Antivirus Scanners and Email
Tip 58: Use Meeting Requests
Tip 59: Run Scripts in Folders
Tip 60: Restore the Desktop Icon
Tip 61: Understanding Local Installation
Tip 62: Outlook 2003's Spam filter
Tip 63: Outlook 2003 and MSMail
Tip 64: Address Book Order
Tip 65: Saving Custom Categories
Tip 66: Outlook Newsreader
Tip 67: Office Beta Expiration
Tip 68: Compacting Outlook's PST
Tip 69: Get a Free AntiVirus
Tip 70: Unread Message Count
Tip 71: Replacing MSNBC's OL Today
Tip 72: Customer Feedback Tool
Tip 73: Update Outlook's junk mail filter
Tip 74: Using Simple Find
Tip 75: Sorting the Address book

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Outlook's MRU lists

Many of the Most Recently Used (MRU) lists in Outlook can be deleted by editing the registry. Quit Outlook then open the registry editor from the Start menu, Run command by typing regedit, and then click OK.

To delete the Open Other Users Folders MRU list (found in Exchange accounts only) Find the Windows Messaging Subsystem key, found here in Windows 2000/XP:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WIndowsNT\CurrentVersion\ Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profile_name\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046\

Select and delete the 101e0384 key in the right pane of Registry Editor.  (In OL2003 look for 101f0390)

Delete the MRU list in the Find Contact toolbar button by deleting QuickFindMRU, located under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\ Contact\QuickFindMRU (This is the path for Outlook 2002, replace 10.0 in the path with your version number.)

StripSearchMRU, found with QuickFindMRU, is the MRU list for the Find pane's Look in field.

Appointment locations are stored in LocationMRU, found at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences

***Note that you need to use the correct Outlook version number in the registry key. Outlook 2000 is 9.0; Outlook 2002 is 10.0 and Outlook 2003 is 11.0

Updated Saturday January 02 2010