Not sure I understand. AFAIK - there is no time limit on "Recent
Documents". It (by default) stores 15 of your last opened items. Sometimes
I think a better name would be 'the last XX number of things I opened". You
can change how MANY things it stores - up to a point.
Change Number of Items in 'My Recent Documents'
http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1584.html
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I am constantly opening documents through out the day. Sometimes all 15 documents appear in "My Recent Documents" and sometime only 3 or 4 appear. If 15 is the default then I must be inadvertently clearing the list somehow. I will