How to display recently opened / read files-history

Hello. Under XP, it was rather simple, but for some reason that I haven't figured in Vista where and how can I watch my recent activities on Windows Vista. In XP, you can do that as in Solution Explorer, but I guess that's not so easy in WVista? Someone knows the answer to this question please answer, thx!

There are several ways.

1. Click Start and click on recent Articles to see your recent articles (although to be honest, it does not work all that well because what it sorts alphabetically instead of date used).

2. Click Start and click on and then highlight the folder called Recent and open it.  There's your recent activity in Vista (and more than you see using the method above).  You can sort in various ways by clicking on the column headers.  If you wish, you can crreate a shortcut of this file (right click the folder, and then click on create a shortcut) and then place the shortcut on your desktop so that it will be easier to access.

3. in Windows Explorer, you can go to C:\Users\\Recent and view the same folder you accessed quickly using method 2 above.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

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