My Recent Documents is Sticky?

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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.
 
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delete older or no longer valid shortcuts.
 
Keith said:
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'Recent' folder & selectively delete older or no longer valid shortcuts.
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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.
 
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