My Recent Documents

[Guest]

How do I save my recent documents? I have turned on this feature in Start
Menu Properities, but documents are not saved after I re boot the computer.
This worked fine until about two weeks ago. Help!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875

Have you been messing with TweakUI?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Yes, I downloaded a newer version about two weeks ago and probably made some
adjustments. I just opened tweak ui and looked for something to check or un
check, but could not find anything related to my issue. Do you have a
specific location in tweak ui that I should check or un check?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Bob,

Yep.

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Hi Wes, I tried your suggestion and found that "save my recent documents" in
Tweak UI was already checked. I wrote a test note in MS Word and it did
appear, but when I re booted the computer it was gone the the word "emply"
appeared. Any additional suggestions? As I said, it was working well until
about two weeks ago when I downloaded a more current version of Tweak UI.

Hi Bob,

Yep.

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents†on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents†checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Yes, I downloaded a newer version about two weeks ago and probably made
some adjustments. I just opened tweak ui and looked for something to
check or un check, but could not find anything related to my issue. Do
you have a specific location in tweak ui that I should check or un check?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Bob,

I should have though of this before.

Do you have any software like Disk Cleaner, EasyCleaner, Empty Temp Folders,
MRU-Blaster, cccleaner or similar. Some of these programs delete the My
Recent Documents folder or the contents of that folder.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi Wes, I tried your suggestion and found that "save my recent documents"
in Tweak UI was already checked. I wrote a test note in MS Word and it
did appear, but when I re booted the computer it was gone the the word
"emply" appeared. Any additional suggestions? As I said, it was working
well until about two weeks ago when I downloaded a more current version
of Tweak UI.

Hi Bob,

Yep.

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents†on the classic
start menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documentsâ€
checkbox on the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start
menu and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some
applications do not respect this setting). ]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Yes, I downloaded a newer version about two weeks ago and probably made
some adjustments. I just opened tweak ui and looked for something to
check or un check, but could not find anything related to my issue. Do
you have a specific location in tweak ui that I should check or un
check?

:

How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875

Have you been messing with TweakUI?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
How do I save my recent documents? I have turned on this feature in
Start Menu Properities, but documents are not saved after I re boot
the computer. This worked fine until about two weeks ago. Help!

 

[Guest]

Hi Wes, Thanks very much for your help. The problem is SOLVED.

Hi Wes, I tried your suggestion and found that "save my recent documents" in
Tweak UI was already checked. I wrote a test note in MS Word and it did
appear, but when I re booted the computer it was gone the the word "emply"
appeared. Any additional suggestions? As I said, it was working well until
about two weeks ago when I downloaded a more current version of Tweak UI.

Hi Bob,

Yep.

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents†on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents†checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Yes, I downloaded a newer version about two weeks ago and probably made
some adjustments. I just opened tweak ui and looked for something to
check or un check, but could not find anything related to my issue. Do
you have a specific location in tweak ui that I should check or un check?

:

How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875

Have you been messing with TweakUI?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
How do I save my recent documents? I have turned on this feature in
Start Menu Properities, but documents are not saved after I re boot the
computer. This worked fine until about two weeks ago. Help!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Bob,

Glad to hear it.

What was the culprit?

Enquiring minds want to know.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi Wes, Thanks very much for your help. The problem is SOLVED.

Hi Wes, I tried your suggestion and found that "save my recent
documents" in Tweak UI was already checked. I wrote a test note in MS
Word and it did appear, but when I re booted the computer it was gone
the the word "emply" appeared. Any additional suggestions? As I said,
it was working well until about two weeks ago when I downloaded a more
current version of Tweak UI.

Hi Bob,

Yep.

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents†on the classic
start menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documentsâ€
checkbox on the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start
menu and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some
applications do not respect this setting). ]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Yes, I downloaded a newer version about two weeks ago and probably made
some adjustments. I just opened tweak ui and looked for something to
check or un check, but could not find anything related to my issue. Do
you have a specific location in tweak ui that I should check or un
check?

:

How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start
Menu in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875

Have you been messing with TweakUI?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
How do I save my recent documents? I have turned on this feature in
Start Menu Properities, but documents are not saved after I re boot
the computer. This worked fine until about two weeks ago. Help!