"My Recent Documents" always empty

[ZeroSP]

Hi all

As per the subject line, my "My Recent Documents" is always empty
I am using the classic start menu and I have XP Home Edition

This only started happening recently. I am not sure if it only started
however after I cleared it or if it started happening beforehand (I forgot to
check)

If anyone knows of a solution, please let me know

 

[John John - MVP]

Make sure that your machine is free of virus and spyware.

Did you by any chance play with TweakUI? TweakUI can change these settings.

The setting for this can be applied system wide (for all users) or per
user (for the current user only). The setting is held in the registry
at the follow locations:

Per User:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value name: NoRecentDocsHistory

Data type: REG_DWORD

Value data:

0 -Display shortcuts in MRU list

1 -Do not display shortcuts in MRU list


System Wide:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer

Value name: NoRecentDocsHistory

Data type: REG_DWORD

Value data:

0 -Display shortcuts in MRU list

1 -Do not display shortcuts in MRU list


If the policy is enabled at both locations the system wide settings at
the HKLM location take precedence over the per user settings.

John

 

[ZeroSP]

Thankyou! It worked

These registry values were not there and after adding them and restarting,
its back to normal (I added both just incase)


No I dont use tweakUI and my computer is protected from viruses and spyware

 

[John John - MVP]

You're welcome. When the registry values are non existing it means that
no policy is in place and it should automatically show recent documents,
I'm not sure why it wasn't working for you.

John