# Opening another library when not wanted

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/opening-another-library-when-not-wanted/710879>\
**Category:** EndNote\
**Created:** [June 6, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/opening-another-library-when-not-wanted/710879 "2023-06-06T22:32:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gems101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9a140/32.png) [@Gems101](https://community.endnote.com/u/Gems101)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/opening-another-library-when-not-wanted/710879/1 "2023-06-06T22:32:45Z")

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Hi, when I open one of my endnote libraries for my thesis, it automatically opens a library from a project last year. When I tried deleting this project library, my thesis library no longer worked and errors occurred. I really don’t want the project library and I have no idea why it is opening/seems to be linked to my thesis library!

Please can anyone help? I haven’t seem anyone with similar issues elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![JAmedia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/endnote/user_avatar/community.endnote.com/jamedia/32/6981_2.png) [@JAmedia](https://community.endnote.com/u/JAmedia)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/opening-another-library-when-not-wanted/710879/3 "2023-06-08T09:16:16Z")

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The other problem is that the “Open Recent” list does not update, and you can’t clear it in Endnote. You have to go into the registry which can be daunting and impossible without admin rights, However the solution is not difficult and was posted here.

> [@Ability to clear Open Recent list](https://community.endnote.com/t/ability-to-clear-open-recent-list/707557):
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> would like the ability to clear the Open Recent list of libraries when using File-\>Open Recent

You can clear out the old library that does not exist any more.

If you only need the new library, then you can leave Endnote to “open last used”

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**Author:** ![Gems101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9a140/32.png) [@Gems101](https://community.endnote.com/u/Gems101)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/opening-another-library-when-not-wanted/710879/4 "2023-06-08T21:23:06Z")

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Thanks so much! That worked brilliantly