PUB: Deleted or Moved Files Still Listed on File Menu (79506)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Publisher for Windows
- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 1.0a
- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 2.0a
This article was previously published under Q79506 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if
a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring
the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key"
Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Publisher for Windows provides a list of the five most
recently accessed Publisher files when you open the File menu. Files
you have moved or deleted remain on this list, if they were among the
five files you saved most recently.
If you attempt to open one of the erroneously listed files, you receive
a "Cannot find file" error message.
CAUSE
This list of files is derived from MSPUB.INI, not from a directory
listing of the hard drive. Because Publisher is not checking the
hard drive to obtain this list, files that have been deleted, moved,
or were stored on a floppy disk that is not currently in the floppy
drive may erroneously appear in this list.
WORKAROUNDPublisher 95 and 97WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that
may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor
can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And
Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete
Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics
in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.
If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair
Disk (ERD).
Registry Key
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Publisher\Recent File List
To clear an entry click in the right pane on the entry you would like to
delete and then click delete on the edit menu or press the delete key.
In Publisher 97 if you try to open a missing file using the most recently
used file list Publisher recognizes that the file is missing and updates
the Recent File List registry file itself.
Publisher 2.x
MSPUB.INI (located in the Windows folder) has a section that looks like
the following:
[Recent File List]
File1=c:\mspub\file1.pub
File2=c:\mspub\file2.pub
File3=c:\mspub\file3.pub
File4=c:\mspub\file4.pub
File5=c:\mspub\file5.pub
To clear the list in Publisher, do the following:
- Close Publisher.
- Delete the lines in the [Recent File List] section of MSPUB.INI (do
not delete the section heading), and restart Publisher.
If Publisher is open when changes are made to MSPUB.INI, Publisher
ignores the changes and rewrites the previous list.
STATUS
This behavior is a normal function of Publisher, and is similar
to features provided by Microsoft Word for Windows and Microsoft
Excel, which provide a list of the four most recently used files.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb kbusage KB79506 |
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