My Recent Documents is Sticky?

[W. Watson]

What's going on with Start->My Recent Documents? When I try it, nothing
happens for about 30 seconds or more before the list appears.

Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Two laws Newton and Einstein didn't discover:
1. Time is money.
2. Matter will be damaged in direct proportion
to its value.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

The Recent folder holds more shortcuts than display on the list. It may also be that the targets
for some of the shortcuts no longer exist & Explorer is trying to resolve them. Open the
properties dialog for the Start menu, click 'Customize', select the 'Advanced' tab and use the
'Clear List' button -- then see if performance is better as the list starts rebuilding itself.

You could also look under your user profile directory for the hidden 'Recent' folder & selectively
delete older or no longer valid shortcuts.

 

[W. Watson]

The Recent folder holds more shortcuts than display on the list. It may
also be that the targets for some of the shortcuts no longer exist &
Explorer is trying to resolve them. Open the properties dialog for the
Start menu, click 'Customize', select the 'Advanced' tab and use the
'Clear List' button -- then see if performance is better as the list
starts rebuilding itself.

You could also look under your user profile directory for the hidden
'Recent' folder & selectively delete older or no longer valid shortcuts.

Thanks. Clearing it seems to help a good deal. As it turns out, just trying
to use Start became a problem. I'll check the profile too.


Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Two laws Newton and Einstein didn't discover:
1. Time is money.
2. Matter will be damaged in direct proportion
to its value.