How to restore my recent documents function in the "start"button

[Surfer]

Can anyone tell me how to restore my recent documents function in the
start"button?
Normally, when you click "start""-"Documents"", you can see 10-20 recent
documents you had opened recently. however, in my case I can only see the
documents which I saved on 1 day session only. (i.e. I can only see the
documents since my power up till I shut down. If I shutdown the PC and
re-boot again, I couldn't see any recent documents at all.

P'se advise how I can restore this function back. Many thanks.

YBCIP

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Delete the ClearRecentDocsOnExit registry value in the following registry
key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion \
Policies \ Explorer

ClearRecentDocsOnExit:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93171.asp

Alternately, if you have Tweak UI for Windows XP installed, launch the
program and uncheck the option Clear document history on exit in the
Explorer section.

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