Windows 7 - Clear 'Run' Command History

Unlike Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 doesn't provide a standard button to clear the Start Menu 'Run' history.

Microsoft's solution is to 'untick' then 'retick' the 'Store and display a list of recently opened programs' option. However this will also delete the start menu history,
See - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-vista/Clear-the-Run-history-on-the-Start-menu

The easiest way to to solve this is to manually go into the registry and clear the saved 'run' commands. This can be done by-

How to delete Windows 7 'Run' History (using Regedit):

1. Opening the 'Start Menu'
2. Type in  'Regedit' then press 'Enter' on the keyboard
3. 
4. Click 'Yes' if prompted
5. Navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\RunMRU'
6. 
7. In the right hand window you will see the list of saved run commands.
8. Delete each of them, only leaving (Default) at the top
9. 

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