SQL Server 2008 Express Clear Recent Connection List

I was trying to remove my recent connection list by deleting the mru.dat (in Application Data folder under windows xp) file as pointed out in nume开发者_如何学编程rous tutorial over the internet(I just googled it) but was unable to find it. How am I supposed to clear it? Please help.

See this blog post:

For SQL Server 2008: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell\mru.dat

If you can not find mru.dat at above location look for mru.dat in following folder. C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\ShellSEM\mru.dat

If you are using VISTA OS instead of XP OS. Replace C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\ with C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\ and it should work.

I was able to accomplish this using Tools -> Options -> Display X files in recently used list. Simply set it to 1 then back to 10. I had to fiddle with it and restart SSMS a few times. They might still be on the hard drive somewhere, but they don't show up in the MRU list.