Most Recently Used
As a Most Recently Used ( English for used last , often abbreviated as MRU ) is a function of Windows - the operating system or its programs referred that should help the user to call the most recently used items again. Such a list can be found u. a. in the program Start Menu → Run ... , in the most recently used files in Microsoft Word , the URL - the course in the Web browser or the command line with the arrow keys ↑ and ↓. For programs with a graphical user interface , the list is usually displayed under the File menu .
In order to manage the MRU, a list is created in a configuration file or in the Windows registry database (usually just called the registry). In addition to the actual entries, it also contains a value (often the standard value in the registry) that specifies the order in which the entries are read out.