Record of Recent Folders Visited

Is there a way to eliminate Leopard from saving the most recent folders that
are visited under the "Go" drop down?
Thank you.

Don't know how to do that, sorry Thanks for the star, hope you get it solved

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On my computer it remembers the last 10 folders I opened. Is there a way of increasing this that anybody knows of? Lets say 20.
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Jim Thank you
jimocallaghan wrote:
Now I understand what you mean. You expect to see a separate entry for Folders
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Not really, I like to change the amount of folders it remembers under 'GO'. K Shaffer made the first reference to the settings being in System Preference> Appearance, but they are not. this are the settings for Apple Symbol>Appearance. Not the 'GO' pull down, 5 to the right from the Apple Symbol.
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On the old firefox there was a botton for recent pages visited - how can i do it now

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