Number of shortcuts in Start Menu > documents

[witan]

Sometimes I find as many as 30 shortcuts in Start Menu > Documents, but
usually it is around half of that. I like to have about 30. How to do
it? Information in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292504 has not
helped me, because I cannot find the Value:"MaxRecentDocs" in the
Registry.
Can someone help me increase the number?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

It's a Policy setting, which does not exist by default. You need to create a
new value manually, or configure using the Group Policy editor.

See also:

MaxRecentDocs:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93785.mspx?mfr=true

Change the Number of Recent Documents Displayed (Windows 2000/Me/XP):
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/828/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Sometimes I find as many as 30 shortcuts in Start Menu > Documents, but
usually it is around half of that. I like to have about 30. How to do
it? Information in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292504 has not
helped me, because I cannot find the Value:"MaxRecentDocs" in the
Registry.
Can someone help me increase the number?
Thanks in advance.

 

[witan]

It's a Policy setting, which does not exist by default. You need to create a
new value manually, or configure using the Group Policy editor.

See also:

MaxRecentDocs:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93785.mspx?mfr=true

Change the Number of Recent Documents Displayed (Windows 2000/Me/XP):
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/828/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Sometimes I find as many as 30 shortcuts in Start Menu > Documents, but
usually it is around half of that. I like to have about 30. How to do
it? Information in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292504 has not
helped me, because I cannot find the Value:"MaxRecentDocs" in the
Registry.
Can someone help me increase the number?
Thanks in advance.

================================================
Ramesh,
I have done it with Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). Thanks to your
advice, it turned out to be very simple.
Regards
Witan

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Witan.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

It's a Policy setting, which does not exist by default. You need to create
a
new value manually, or configure using the Group Policy editor.

See also:

MaxRecentDocs:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93785.mspx?mfr=true

Change the Number of Recent Documents Displayed (Windows 2000/Me/XP):
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/828/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Sometimes I find as many as 30 shortcuts in Start Menu > Documents, but
usually it is around half of that. I like to have about 30. How to do
it? Information in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292504 has not
helped me, because I cannot find the Value:"MaxRecentDocs" in the
Registry.
Can someone help me increase the number?
Thanks in advance.

================================================
Ramesh,
I have done it with Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). Thanks to your
advice, it turned out to be very simple.
Regards
Witan