Removing unnecessary entries in the search bar(Windows 7)

             Windows remembers all the search terms entered in Explorer and off ers these as selections while typing. With time this list can become confusing. That is why you want to delete this memory partially or completely.
             For handling the search memory there are various methods. To remove individual entries, start typing the term in the search field, until it appears as a choice below it. Position the mouse pointer over it without clicking on the value and press the [Del] key. As this is tedious in case of many elements, you can completely delete the entries in the registry. For this, type ‘regedit’ in the search field of the start menu and press the Enter key. Navigate to the key ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WordWheelQuery’. On the right you will fi nd the individual search terms, coded in binary, each as a separate value with a progressive number. When you use the command ‘View | Display Binary Data’ with a selected value, you can read the search term in a dialog to the right. You clean the search history by selecting and removing the key ‘WordWheelQuery’. After closing the registry, Windows Explorer starts with an empty search history. Windows then creates the key again to collect new terms.