How to clear all pinned program items from the jump list

Question

I'm not able to unpin items of the Windows Explorer. When I click the pin icon the items becomes yellow/orange and nothing happens.

Is there an Unpin all command or a registry key where Explorer stores its pinned items?

Solution 1

From this article : "How to Disable/Clear Recent MRU Items from Jump List of Windows 7":

You can pin/unpin any program from jump list menu but not possible to remove recent list or Most Recently Used. Here is small guide on how to disable or clear recent list from taskbar jump list in windows 7.

Solution 2

Here are a few articles you could try:

• Unpinning jump-list items that "stick" and won't go away: http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/How-to-Delete-Jump-List-Items

• Here's another related one that you could try: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/214711-taskbar-pinned-items-reset-clear-windows-7-a.html

• And yet another on jump-list items: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/81483-jump-lists-reset-clear-all-items.html

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