# Another Windows Media Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-windows-media-question/163101>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-windows-media-question/163101 "2003-03-21T15:06:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-windows-media-question/163101/1 "2003-03-21T15:06:14Z")

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In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149170) thread, I asked how to remove some \*.wmv files from the list in the Windows Media Player. I used this method, posted by **deathawk** :

_Open the registry with Regedt32 (NT/2K/XP) or Regedit (Win95/98/ME).  
Go to HKCU. It is important to go to CURRENT USER and not LOCAL MACHINE. WMP has settings in both. The setting you are after is in HKCU.  
HKCU-\>Software-\>MediaPlayer-\>Player-\>RecentFileList. The files are listed as strings. Delete the strings._

This worked fine. Now, however, I want to delete some \*.asf files, and they aren’t showing up in the directory mentioned above. What can I do?

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-windows-media-question/163101/2 "2003-03-21T15:50:59Z")

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Never mind.

But, this is strange. When I first brough up regedit, the files weren’t there. I tried refresh. No dice. I tried a little later, and they were there. Anybody know what gives?