In Windows XP lots of documents that you’ve recently opened get stored in the “My Recent Documents” folder on your startup menu.
Now, this is a useful part of the startup menu but the problem with it is that it slows down the whole process of booting up your computer. It can get really long as well, especially if you’re openeing and closing lots of different programmes.
Another good reason to start managing this is that you might be using a machine that other people use and you don’t want them to be able to see the files that you’ve recently opened.
So how do you clean your ‘My Recent Documents’ up?
Right click on the ’start’ menu and then click on ‘Properties’. Then click on ‘Customise’ and then ‘Advanced’ in the tab at the top which should open. Then all you need to do is click the ‘Clear List’ button and it’s done.
Hopefully you found that simple enough. If that was the problem affecting your startup you might now notice a significant improvement in your statup speed.