Wipe Recently Used Records task type

You can configure BCWipe Task Manager to clear the List of Recently Used Files for selected programs. Such lists are also called as Most Recently Used lists, or MRU lists. The function may be useful because of security reasons. For example, BCWipe can clear a list of recently opened MS Word documents, so if someone occasionally runs MS Word program, he/she will not be able to determine what documents you were working on.

BCWipe Task Manager can be used to set automatic wipe of the MRU lists automatically by creating new task of the Wipe Recently Used Records type. To create the new task run the Create new task command from the Tasks menu in the BCWipe Task Manager program. The following picture illustrates dialog window, appeared when you run the command and select the Wipe Recently Used Records type of task.

In the dialog window, top pane shows MRU lists of known programs. Besides, BCWipe can search Windows Registry database for registered MRU lists of other products. Press the Search Registry for other MRU lists button to run searching the Registry for such lists, and BCWipe will display result of the searching process in the MRU lists of other programs pane.

Mark a checkbox, corresponding to some type of MRU lists to make BCWipe wipe it automatically.

To set a schedule for running the Wipe Recently Used Records task, select the Schedule page in the Wipe Task Properties dialog window.

To set wiping options for the process, select the Wipe Options page.

NOTE: When you Wipe Recently Used Records (or MRU lists), you instruct BCWipe to wipe references on the files of some type, but not the files themselves! If you wish to delete the files, use the Delete With Wiping command for the files.