If you’re a computer user, you know that populating jump lists can be a frustrating and time-consuming task. It’s easy to populate a list of items too quickly, and it can be difficult to keep track of which items are on which lists. To help you keep your jump lists organized and manageable, here are some tips:

  1. Make sure that each list is named after the item it contains. This will make it easier to find the list item when you need it.
  2. Use dividers to separate the lists into different categories. This will help you keep track of which items are on each list and which are not.
  3. Keep track of the date that an item was added to a list. This will help you determine when an item should be removed from a list or updated.

By default Windows keeps track of which files you have opened with a particular program in its Jump List. Here’s how to limit the amount of entries it stores or even disable it altogether.

Stopping Windows From Populating Jump Lists

Right click on the taskbar and select Properties from the context menu.

When the Taskbar Properties dialog opens, switch over to the Jump Lists tab.

Here you can easily change how many entries are saved in each Jump List.

Alternatively you can disable it altogether by unchecking the last checkbox.

That’s all there is to it.