Windows 7: Run command box

Occasionally I use the Run command box.

It's puzzled me why this box has a dropdown arrow , but the dropdown itself is always blank ( well it is for me).



I mostly only use it for a couple of procedures every few days and would expect that it would retain the previous time I did this , so I could just hit the dropdown and click on it instead of always having to type it in.

Naturally I realise there are other ways to do what I want rather than use the Run command , but it's just the way I prefer.

Am I missing some registry key setting or some other setting that will retain previously used of the Run command in the dropdown that I can just select?

As long as I don't delete browsing history (temporary files, cookies, etc) when I shut down my computer the last Run command will be there when I turn the computer back on.

To keep the Run command window entries: tick the "Privacy option: Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu" in Task Bar and Start Menu Properties > Start Menu tab.

Also, Autocomplete (or Autosuggest registry string) must be enabled.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"AutoSuggest"="yes"

You don't have something like CCleaner doing a scheduled clean at any time do you? If so, you would need to make sure you uncheck the box for ""Run" in start menu".

browser related cleaning will do this. History and or data fields are being deleted