Not showing up in Recent?

[paula]

Hello All,
I have an Excel file that I have opened, closed and saved many times and
that I use frequently. However, it never shows up in the "Recent" items on
the start menu. I have emptied all the items in the Recent folder and still
nada. Is there something I need to do to make this file show up in
"Recent"?
TIA
Paula

 

[Hakvinius]

Hello All,
I have an Excel file that I have opened, closed and saved many times and
that I use frequently. However, it never shows up in the "Recent" items
on the start menu. I have emptied all the items in the Recent folder and
still nada. Is there something I need to do to make this file show up in
"Recent"?
TIA
Paula

Hi Paula,
If you open it from inside Excel, it won't show up. In order for it to show
up
you must open it by double clicking the file from desktop or from Explorer.

//H

 

[paula]

I don't think that is correct Sir.
I just went on my laptop and created a file in notepad and saved it to
documents and it showed up in "Recent".
It does not make sense that only items opened from the desktop or Explorer
show up.
Anyone else?
Paula

 

[DP]

With all due respect, Paula, I don't think your test proves anything either
way. He said if you open something from within the Office program it won't
show up in Recent. But if you open it by doubleclicking from the desktop, it
will show up as recent.
How does your test contradict that?
I'm not saying he's correct. I don't really know. But I don't see how your
test undercuts what he's saying.

 

[Jane C]

I've just tested this. Opened Excel. From within Excel, opened an .xls
file. Closed the file. It shows up on the Recent Items list on the Start
menu. Same with Word. So opening a file from within Office should have
that file subsequently listed in Recent Items.

 

[paula]

Thank you for testing that Jane. I am back on the desktop computer now and
two files that I opened and closed in Excel showed up on the Recent list but
the other one that I previously mentioned does not. WEIRD! There must be
something in that particular file that is causing it not to get listed in
the Recent items or I have bug. But whether the bug is in Vista or Excel I
do not know. I am running Office 2003 Student version.
Paula

 

[Hakvinius]

I don't think that is correct Sir.
I just went on my laptop and created a file in notepad and saved it to
documents and it showed up in "Recent".
It does not make sense that only items opened from the desktop or Explorer
show up.
Anyone else?
Paula

In that case, I am the one having a problem.... Only files that i double-
click from it's location to open appears in recent.

//H

 

[DP]

I've just tested this. Opened Excel. From within Excel, opened an .xls
file. Closed the file. It shows up on the Recent Items list on the Start
menu. Same with Word. So opening a file from within Office should have
that file subsequently listed in Recent Items.

And these files weren't ALREADY in your recent list, correct? You checked
the recent list before doing your test?
Or else you cleared out the recent list before doing your test?

 

[Jane C]

There were no files listed on my Recent Items list before I did the test. I
made sure of that.

 

[DP]

Wel, then, I guess you've disproved that theory.
Over the years, even with XP, I've noticed that some recently accessed
documents didn't show up in the recently used files list. But I never
bothered to try to test whether there was any logic to which ones showed up
and which didnt.

 

[DotCom]

I just tried another little experiment.
I copied one of the same problem Excel files to an XP Pro machine that is
running the same version of MS Office (Student 2003). I cleared out the
Recent file listings so nothing was now showing. I opened Excel, opened and
closed the problem file, went the "My Recent Documents" in the menu and low
and behold the file is there just as it should be. When I do this same
procedure in Vista Ultimate that same file does NOT list! Yet some other
files do. There must be some sort of bug.
Paula

 

[DotCom]

I could see if it were the case that certain software program files won't
list in Recent, but I am having a problem with some files listing and some
not from the same software program. (Excel) This doesn't make sense!
Paula

 

[paula]

My next step was as follows:
I copied the file to a thumb drive then deleted the file from both the Home
Premium laptop and the Vista Ultimate desktop. Cleared out "Recent" on both
machines. Copied the file from the thumb drive to the laptop, opened and
closed it in Excel, closed Excel...it showed up in the Recent list.
Did the exact same procedure on the Ultimate desktop...no listing in
"Recent"!
I GIVE UP!
I have no idea why it doesn't show up on my Ultimate machine but does on the
home premium. I guess I can just create an ugly shortcut to the file on my
desktop..yuck!
SCREAMING UNCLE,
Paula

 

[ctaliercio]

My next step was as follows:
I copied the file to a thumb drive then deleted the file from both the Home
Premium laptop and theVistaUltimate desktop. Cleared out "Recent" on both
machines. Copied the file from the thumb drive to the laptop, opened and
closed it in Excel, closed Excel...it showed up in theRecentlist.
Did the exact same procedure on the Ultimate desktop...no listing in
"Recent"!
I GIVE UP!
I have no idea why it doesn't show up on my Ultimate machine but does on the
home premium. I guess I can just create an ugly shortcut to the file on my
desktop..yuck!
SCREAMING UNCLE,
Paula






- Show quoted text -

Can I add another interesting blurb to this post?

I am expereiencing the same problem Paula describes - but only with
Office 2007 files.

I fi open a backward compatible Excel sheet (.xls) from within Excel -
it shows on the recent items list as you would expect.

However - no matter how I open an Office 2007 spreadsheet (.xlsx) - it
will NEVER show on the Recent Items list.

Excel is the only program giving me this problem ....


Any thoughts?