my recent documents

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Leonard Cornelius

My recent documents on Start Menu reads "empty" even though My Recent
Documents folder has several shortcuts to documents recently accessed
AND even though the box is checked on the Start Menu properties dialog
to have the My recent documents listed.

Leonard
 
I would take a look at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs\Folder
in regedt32. Perhaps you have some corrupt values.
 
Mark L. Ferguson wrote :
I would take a look at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs\Folder
in regedt32. Perhaps you have some corrupt values.
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Mark, what values would those be?
Please explain a lil more in detail. Thanks

Professor Joe
 
when you doubleclick a value, (e.g "1"), and look at the data, you see the
shortcut name. It varies by user. Deleting all would simply rebuild the MUI
(most recently used) data, as you created it.
 
Professor said:
Mark L. Ferguson wrote :

Mark, what values would those be?
Please explain a lil more in detail. Thanks

Professor Joe
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I looked at the registry path indicated by Mark. I have the entire path
and values within it; but I do not know if they are the correct
values. "Folder" has 8 file extensions listed within it and the last
name under "Folder" is MRUListEx

I have suspected that something is wrong with the registry. I would be
grateful if someone knowledgeable about the registry would assist me in
this matter.

Thank you,
Leonard
 
(Keys, left, | Values, right)
I would delete all Values, everywhere, and all shortcuts in the recent docs
folder, and restart. You could "Export" a reg file that would save all the
current stuff, if you like, and run the reg file to restore all that deleted
stuff, if you had trouble. (Highlight a Key, File menu, Export.)
In any case, my attitude is, 'You can't break what don't work' :)
 
Mark said:
(Keys, left, | Values, right)
I would delete all Values, everywhere, and all shortcuts in the recent docs
folder, and restart. You could "Export" a reg file that would save all the
current stuff, if you like, and run the reg file to restore all that deleted
stuff, if you had trouble. (Highlight a Key, File menu, Export.)
In any case, my attitude is, 'You can't break what don't work' :)
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I deleted all the values and the all shortcuts in the recent docs folder
as was suggested . However, the most recently used documents are not
appearing on the Start Menu. Any other suggestions?

Leonard
 
Leonard said:
I deleted all the values and the all shortcuts in the recent docs folder
as was suggested . However, the most recently used documents are not
appearing on the Start Menu. Any other suggestions?

Leonard
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The problem seems to be that the Start Menu will not SHOW the shortcuts
in the Recent Docs folder. Is there a particular registry entry that
controls the function to show these shortcuts or hide them?

Leonard
 
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