My Recent Documents icon is AWOL

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Wallace North

Hello

I am using XP on several computers and just realized that the Toshiba laptop
that I now have made my primary PC does not have a "My Recent Documents"
opening from the start button as my other PCs have.

How can I obtain this feature?
 
Wallace, rt click Start>select Properties>Start
Menu>Customize>Advanced>check the List my most Recent Documents box.
 
Wallace,

The other use provided you with a solution

There is a policy setting if you want to do some registry tweaking.

Click START
Click RUN
Type 'regedit' (without quotes) & press OK
Now, navigate to the key(s) below:


User Key:
----------

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
r

System Key:
-------------

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor
er

Key Name: 'NoSMMyDocs' (DWORD)

0 = disable restriction
1 = enable restriction

You also need to check that the disabled recent docs isn't selected too. To
do this, see below:

Same registry kets as above, but see the following key:

Key Name: 'NoRecentDocsHistory' (DWORD)

0 = disable restriction
1 = enable restriction

I hope this helps,
 
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