How to clear recent commands from Windows Run Dialog

Hello Microsoft,

Found a problem with your operating system today.

I got tired using Notepad (long story) and downloaded and installed Notepad++ (Awesome program, can talk about this for hours, but not now).

I use run dialog heavily as I find it too distracting to use mouse. But everytime now I need Notepad++, "Notepad" entry distracts me.
I needed a way to remove that and few other misspelled entries. So here is how you do it:

1. Press Win + R key
2. Type in "regedit" and hit enter key (get past WAC warning message, if you get one)
3. Navigate to following entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
4. Here, look at the data column and simply delete the entries that you don't like.
5. Close Registry Editor
6. Log off / Reboot
7. Next time you won't see those entries. Life is good again!

This hack works in XP, Vista and Win 7. I wish Microsoft fixes this annoyance in their next OS.

How to Shutdown Windows Computer via Remote Desktop Connection (RDP)

In RDP session, shutdown is not available in start menu, which gets replaced by "disconnect" command. To really get the shutdown/restart/Standby and hibernate commands do following:

Works on Windows XP, Vista and Win7

1. Select Desktop by left clicking on empty desktop area
2. Press Alt + F4
3. Shutdown dialog would pop up with following options:
1. Shut down
2. Restart
3. Stand by
4. Hibernate
4. Select one of these options and click ok.

How to make Windows 7 remember network share credentials

Microsoft Windows 7 (and perhaps Microsoft Windows Vista) depicted an annoyance today. I bought Synology DS409 NAS and created a network share. Then I mapped that shared network drive using the username and password combination on NAS. It mapped perfectly fine, but the moment I restarted computer and went into Windows Explorer, the drive was shown disconnected. When I clicked on it, Windows 7 asked me put the username and password again despite having checked the box that says remember password. So every time I reboot, it kept loosing the credentials till I performed following steps:

1. Click on Start icon
2. Click on "Control Panel"
3. Click on "User Accounts and Family Safety"
4. Click on "Credential Manager"
5. In "Windows Credentials" section, click on "Add a windows credential"
6. In Internet or network address, type your address, e.g. "\\machineName\SharedDrive"
7. Type in Username and Password in the respective boxes and click Ok button.
8. Close Control Panel Window and restart computer. If it reconnects your mapped network drive without asking for credentials, above exercise was successful.

If you try above and it works for you, kindly drop a line.