Recent Documents Missing

[j-man]

I am on Win2K and on the Start Menu under Documents my Recent Documents
shows as Empty although when I go to C:\Documents and
Settings\UserName\Recent I find the folder is not empty but has
shortcuts to my recently accessed documents in it. Does anyone know how
to get this to list again?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check these.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Below are all type REG_DWORD

ClearRecentDocsOnExit=0
NoRecentDocsMenu=0
NoRecentDocsHistory=0
MaxRecentDocs=0xF (decimal 15)
ClearRecentDocsOnExit=0

Also check the Reg_Expand_Sz value of;
'Recent' = %USERPROFILE%\Recent
found at;
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
|I am on Win2K and on the Start Menu under Documents my Recent Documents
| shows as Empty although when I go to C:\Documents and
| Settings\UserName\Recent I find the folder is not empty but has
| shortcuts to my recently accessed documents in it. Does anyone know how
| to get this to list again?
|

 

[j-man]

Dave,
Thanks for the information.
I was finally able to get back to this problem.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
Folders\Recent contains the value of %USERPROFILE%\Recent and the type
is set at Reg_Expand_Sz
As for HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
the only entry is NoDriveTypeAutoRun The type is REG_DWORD and the
value is 0x00000095 (149)
The list is building itself back, so I assume the user cleared it, I
thought that would clear the folder "Recent" under C:\Documents and
Settings\USERNAME but apparently that is not the case. If you know
where Windows maintains the settings for the Documents list, such as
how many to show and the date to begin showing from, I would like to
know, otherwise, my user is getting what she wants and apparently no
permenant damage was done. Thanks again.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can set the decimal value of;
MaxRecentDocs=0xF (decimal 15)
found at;
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dave,
| Thanks for the information.
| I was finally able to get back to this problem.
| HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
| Folders\Recent contains the value of %USERPROFILE%\Recent and the type
| is set at Reg_Expand_Sz
| As for HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
| the only entry is NoDriveTypeAutoRun The type is REG_DWORD and the
| value is 0x00000095 (149)
| The list is building itself back, so I assume the user cleared it, I
| thought that would clear the folder "Recent" under C:\Documents and
| Settings\USERNAME but apparently that is not the case. If you know
| where Windows maintains the settings for the Documents list, such as
| how many to show and the date to begin showing from, I would like to
| know, otherwise, my user is getting what she wants and apparently no
| permenant damage was done. Thanks again.
|