You can disable the Documents submenu on Win98's Start menu.

A quick Registry edit removes the Documents menu and the

C:\WINDOWS\RECENT folder altogether. First, back up your

Registry files-C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT-before making

any changes. Next, launch RegEdit and go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows

\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

In the right pane, right-click on the background and select

New/Binary Value. Type NoRecentDocsHistory and press Enter.

Double-click on the new icon and enter 01000000 in the Edit

Binary Value dialog box. (Note: RegEdit automatically inserts

three spaces into the value). Click on OK. Add a new

NoRecentDocsMenu binary value entry and follow the same steps.

Close RegEdit and restart Windows. To reverse the tip, delete

the two new binary values you added, or change both

values to 00000000.