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Note the interaction of jump lists and -cleanup.

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Also note that recent installers don't prompt to -cleanup (this started
with 0.67's MSI installer).
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@ -1093,15 +1093,21 @@ USB stick).
I \i{clean up} after it?
PuTTY will leave some Registry entries, and a random seed file, on
the PC (see \k{faq-settings}). If you are using PuTTY on a public
PC, or somebody else's PC, you might want to clean these up when you
leave. You can do that automatically, by running the command
\c{putty -cleanup}. (Note that this only removes settings for
the currently logged-in user on \i{multi-user systems}.)
the PC (see \k{faq-settings}). Windows 7 and up also remember some
information about recently launched sessions for the \q{jump list}
feature.
If you are using PuTTY on a public PC, or somebody else's PC, you
might want to clean this information up when you leave. You can do
that automatically, by running the command \c{putty -cleanup}. See
\k{using-cleanup} in the documentation for more detail. (Note that
this only removes settings for the currently logged-in user on
\i{multi-user systems}.)
If PuTTY was installed from the installer package, it will also
appear in \q{Add/Remove Programs}. Older versions of the uninstaller
do not remove the above-mentioned registry entries and file.
appear in \q{Add/Remove Programs}. Current versions of the installer
do not offer to remove the above-mentioned items, so if you want them
removed you should run \c{putty -cleanup} before uninstalling.
\S{faq-dsa}{Question} How come PuTTY now supports \i{DSA}, when the
website used to say how insecure it was?

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@ -607,7 +607,9 @@ use the \c{-load} option (described in \k{using-cmdline-load}).
If invoked with the \c{-cleanup} option, rather than running as
normal, PuTTY will remove its \I{removing registry entries}registry
entries and \i{random seed file} from the local machine (after
confirming with the user).
confirming with the user). It will also attempt to remove information
about recently launched sessions stored in the \q{jump list} on
Windows 7 and up.
Note that on \i{multi-user systems}, \c{-cleanup} only removes
registry entries and files associated with the currently logged-in