Recent items in Vista

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• Recent items in Vista does not update correctly

  I have a problem that the recent items on the Start Menu is not updated correctly.  There are a few documents out there, but there are many who don't are not who should be.  If I right click on the recent items and choose explore I can see a lot more files in the C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent folder.

  For example, there are few. XLS and. DOC files that I opened recently but don't are not.  However when I explore the folder I can see a shortcut to the directory that contains the missing files.

  I tried many combinations of physically erase the folder, by activating / disabling the option elements recent etc, but nothing helped.

  Thanks in advance

  I had the same problem. I fixed it by deleting all entries, except the default entry, in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs in the registry. There are a bunch of other entries which are numbered for each of the files in the list of recent items. and the entrance to MRUListEx. Delete it all. Unfortunately, there is no file name but only entered, HEX numbers and letters. After doing this, Windows has started listing the files in recent Articles that were not show up there before.

  I found that the problem has followed a couple of files that were present in recent Articles when I cleared the list a few weeks earlier. After these files are not present in recent items, but rather the shortcut to the folder appears. Also, I've found that the problem was with the actual files, not the folder. I opened the 2 files, Excel, and a Word document and choose Save under and added a 2 to name the document, save an exact copy of the documents. Each copy has appeared in recent and open items without any problems. Copies of rename the original name and overwrite the originals, reduced the problem. I searched the registry files to see if there's information about save them in a special place, but nothing found. They were only listed in the MRUlists for each of their applications, showing other open documents recently Excel and Word.

  Since I had made changes to the documents and saved the changes in copies that end in 2, I chose save as once again and replaced the original files with updated copies. Now my original files, with the update of information, see and open from the list of recent items.

• Recent items folder does not display the files saved in the Office 2010

  I have a question where the record of recent items (Start/Recent Items) shows not all files that are created in Office 2010 or converted in this format. All other files (for example, .xls, .doc, .pdf) are displayed, but it's not Office 2010 files.

  If I open Excel 2010 or Word 2010 and go to file/Recent then files are all listed here as recent files, but do not show up in the start/Recent Items menu.

  I use Vista Home Premium with Office 2010, but also have this problem with my PC which is running Windows 7. However, it is less a question here as I have Word and Excel pinned to the taskbar and you can access these files from there.

  It drives me crazy because I have to go through a number of additional steps to open files that are routinely used and wonder if it's a 'function' or a bug.

  I posted this question in the forum Office 2010 too and it advises to ask here as well. My reason for posting, it is originally that I am convinced that this is a problem with Office 2010. Files created in Office 2010 and saved in the Excel/Word 2003 (.doc and .xls) format very well, appear as files created under .docxand .xlsx that have been converted to the format Office 2003. It occurs only with files with extensions Office 2010.

  I tried to dlete everything in the folder and run the "shell: recent ' command, but the opinion is to do this after DELETING the folder recent elements which is something the system won't let me do - there is no option to delete the record.

  Any help much appreciated.

  Thank you.

  Thanks for the clarification, but once again, I think you're wrong understanding of the issue. The point is that it does not appear in the list of recent items... otherwise I him have not posted the question.

  I appreciate that we're trying to be helpful, but it is actually more an obstacle if you have not read and understood the issue of opening. Sorry to be blunt, but the fundamental issue has not received by people either in this topic or the forum of the Office.

  However, I am pleased to announce that the elements are now show - do not know what he did, but I think it's the no-check/recheck option proposed by Nithyananda J, BUT ONLY AFTER a REBOOT.

  However, I also tried various other things on mine so can't be sure which of them solved the problem.

• "The file is not found" error message when you try to view recent items list for word and excel files

  Title files: original vista on the recent items list does not open

  When I select a file from my recent items list, I get an error message indicating that the file is not found, but it lists the correct path to the file, and if you go to this path of the file, the file is clearly there.  This happens with word and excel files but not the adobe pdf files.

  Hi GillianMO,

  Remember to make changes before this problem?

  Method 1: Run the fixit available in the links below and check if that makes a difference-Worth to try
  Diagnose and repair Windows files and folders problems automatically
  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  Note: FixIt would attempt to recover bad sectors on the hard disk, in the course of this process there are chances of DATA loss from that particular area.

  Method 2: If a Protection of resources Windows (WRP) file is missing or is damaged, Windows may not behave as expected. Auditor of file system (CFS) scan to fix all of the corrupted system files. To do this, follow the steps mentioned in the link below:

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

  If the problem persists, I suggest you to send your request in the Forum Office for more specialized help.

  Office Forum

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Office/Forum/Excel?page=1

• "Clear recent items list" is no longer an option in the start menu

  I have re-installed Windows Vista Business, all installed updates, and then installed Windows Security Essentials, then ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor.

  After you have installed the last two programs mentioned, I then noticed that the 'clear recent items list' is no longer an option in the start menu when I right click on the recent items. I have this problem once or twice using the restoration of the system, but after that I installed Adobe Reader X option disappeared permanently in the start menu. When I right click on the recent items on the start menu I get the following

  Open

  Explore

  Open in Notepad in OneNote

  Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials...

  ______________________________

  Share

  Restore previous versions

  ______________________________

  Send to

  ______________________________

  Copy

  ______________________________

  Change of name

  ______________________________

  Properties

  How can I get the command "Clear recent items list" on the context menu?

  Use this tutorial:

  Optionmissing 'Clear recent items list' when you right click on the recent folder
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/clear-recent-items-list-missing-right-click-recent-folder/ . for the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• I need to set recent items...

  Hello.

  I don't remember how to change the default setting of the recent items in the menu start of alphabetical in order of date in Vista Home Premium. I did it on my office more than a year ago - I remember it was a change of register - but on my laptop, I'm stuck with useless alphabetical order.

  What frustrates me is so I got the instructions and not save them.

  I would like a refresher course.

  MCCD

  Hello.

  I don't remember how to change the default setting of the recent items in the menu start of alphabetical in order of date in Vista Home Premium. I did it on my office more than a year ago - I remember it was a change of register - but on my laptop, I'm stuck with useless alphabetical order.

  What frustrates me is so I got the instructions and not save them.

  I would like a refresher course.

  MCCD

  Try this...
  1.) Sart > right click on the recent items > Send to > desktop (create shortcut).

  Start 2) > right click on the recent items > Open > menubar, view > sort by > more > scroll down to find the DATE, click > also put a checkmark in front of Date > right side, use the button move up, click and move the DATE to the top > OK > uses the Date header and decide if you want the list in ascending or descending order.
  Now open your shortcut on the desktop, recent items, are now indicated by date.

  See screenshot...

  

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• recent items button

  Option to clear the recent items list is gone how can I get that back?

  Sorry Shane,

  It's all the suggestions I can think of, with the exception of the below.

  Once I read Norton in your other Thread, I thought about problems, it can cause (that was the reason for their Removal Tool link, which I have included in the above message

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  If you borrrow a Microsoft Vista DVD (no HP, Acer), recovery etc disc and install an upgrade of repair:

  Read this tutorial on how to do a repair installation:

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-Vista.html

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Where in Windows 7, find the recent items menu?

  Where can I find recent items menu which was on the main menu from Vista to Windows 7.

  * original title - how to enable recent items? *

  Click with the right button on the "taskbar", click "Properties" > click the "Start Menu" tab > click on 'Customize' > in the dialog box is displayed, check the appropriate menu link, http://www.activewin.com http://adacosta.spaces.live.com 'Recent Articles' Andre Da Costa

• Under FILE > OPEN RECENT item (formerly had history of files opened recently; Now it just says: CLEAR. How to restore the history of recently opened?

  REF: NUMBERS > under FILE > OPEN RECENT item (formerly had history of files opened recently; Now it just says: CLEAR. How to restore the recently opened files history?

  If you have numbers in the Dock are trying option-clicking top here.  If you're lucky, you'll see these recent docs there. Use this menu to open and close the docs you want to see in file > open recent.

  SG

• How can I clear recent items from numbers in the Dock?

  When you go to numbers in dock and right click on it, it shows recent items for faster access, it does not only show recent Articles he is showing the older elements and is not updated to display recent items.  Does anyone know how to add an item to this list or remove an item from this list?  I have tried everything I can think of nothing doesn't.

  Try this:

  Numbers open, go: (menu) file > open recent > clear menu (at the bottom of the list).

  Numbers of quit smoking.

  On the dock, right click the icon of numbers and select delete in the Dock

  OR click the numbers and the slide out of the Dock, and then release the mouse button.

  Boost numbers from the dashboard, recent items in the Apple menu or by double-clicking its icon in your Applications folder.

  Right-click on numbers icon in the Dock, and then choose continue on the dock.

  Optional: Drag the icon to a different location on the dock if you wish.

  Kind regards

  Barry

• Recent items no longer appear in expose / Mission Control / Application Windows cover flow

  Until very recently, when I accessed the service "Windows Application" through the presentation, the bottom of the window of Mission control would reveal a row of recent items from the app in use.

  Now it always shows recent items, but this list does not update accurately. The ' file > open recent item ' menu is exact, but recent Articles in the statement do not match this list and are not updated with the most recent articles.

  I found a few posts on this topic of 2012, but they are a little dated, and none of them received very clear answers.

  I use El Capitan on a 2.6 GHz MacBook Pro.

  Can anyone help with this?

  I tried to reset the permissions and reindexing of these records. This doesn't seem to work.

  Leave everything, stop, start in Safe Mode, log on and check how things work, then restart normally.  The safe boot through Mode erases caches and (temporarily) disables modules, and which erases sometimes bizarre behavior.

• How to set recent items in system preferences and have it stay with my setting

  Noticed that to happen just in the last few weeks.

  Use Pages and try to use Open > recent and all I was getting was clear Menu.

  Went into System Preferences > general and recent items is set to None.  I changed it to what should be the default value of 10, but he keeps changing to None.

  For the life of me, I can't understand how to do so that he can stay 10 or any other parameter as it keeps going back to zero.

  Appreciate the help of CIHI people!  Computer info below.

  

  Please, back up all data before proceeding.

  This procedure will unlock all your user (not system files) files and reset their ownership, permissions and default access controls. If you have voluntarily set special values for these attributes on any of your files, they will be be restored. In this case, either stop there, or be ready to recreate the settings if necessary. Do that after checking these settings that did not cause the problem. If none of that is meaningful to you, you need not worry about this, but do not follow the instructions below.

  Step 1

  If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to step 2.

  Triple-click anywhere in the next line to this page to select this option:

  sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nosappnd,noschg,nosunlnk,nouappnd,nouchg {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-

  Copy the selected text in the Clipboard by pressing Control-C key combination.

  Launch the Terminal application integrated in one of the following ways:

  ☞ Enter the first letters of his name in a Spotlight search. Select from the results (it should be at the top).

  ☞ In the Finder, select go utilities ▹ of menu bar or press the combination of keys shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

  ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

  Paste in the Terminal window by pressing Command + V. I tried these instructions only with the Safari browser. If you use another browser, you may need to press the return key after pasting.

  You will be asked your password of connection that are not displayed when you type. Type carefully, and then press return. You can get a warning to be careful. If you do not have a password, you will need to configure one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your user name "is not in the sudoers file", then you have not logged as an administrator.

  The command may take several minutes to run, depending on the number of files you have. Wait for a new line ending with a dollar sign ($) to appear, and then quit Terminal.

  Step 2 (optional)

  Take this step only if you have trouble with the phase 1, if you prefer not to consider, or if this does not resolve the problem.

  Start in recovery mode. You may be prompted to select a language, then the OS X Utilities appears.

  If you use FileVault 2, select disk utility, then select the icon for the volume FileVault startup ("Macintosh HD", unless you have given it a different name.) It will be nested under another icon of the disc. Click the Open button in the toolbar and enter your login password when you are prompted. Then quit disk utility must be returned to the main screen.

  Select

  Utilities ▹ Terminal

  in the menu bar. It will open a Terminal window. In this window, type this:

  resetp

  Press the tab key. The partial order you entered will automatically end this:

  resetpassword

  Press return. Opens a window to reset the password. You do not need to reset a password.

  Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD", unless you have given it a different name) if not already selected.

  Select your username in the menu option allows you to select the account if not already selected.

  Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the reset button.

  Select

  ▹ Restart 

  in the menu bar.

• Preferences of recent items returned to zero, without saving the changes

  I noticed yesterday for some reason, the drop-down list of recent items in applications such as TextEdit and Pages no longer displays anything. I went into System Preferences and chose 10 recent Articles, but it did not save my changes. That is, after I closed and reopened the system preferences, he once more had no selected for the recent items box.

  No idea how I can restore recent?

  Skip this question actually, I found a work around.  Mods are free to remove.

• When I right click the tab recent items on the start menu, the option to clear recent does not appear.

  When I right click on the RECENT ITEMS tab on the right on the display of the menu pane START, the option CLEAR the RECENT ITEMS LIST does not appear.

  How can I restore it?
  original title: restoration CLEARLY the RECENT POSTS

  Hello

  This occurs if the file desktop.ini in the recent folder is deleted.

  a. Click Start, type "% AppData%\Microsoft\Windows" and press {ENTER}

  b. right click on the folder named recent, then choose Delete. Click Yes when you are prompted.

  c. now, type the command "shell: recent" in the start - menu search box, and then press {ENTER}.

  Note: The command above recreates the recent folder, as well as a new desktop.ini file and opens the file.

  d. disconnect and return connection. You should now see the context menu list of recent items clear when you right click on the recent items on the start menu folder.

• Recent articles: is it possible to retrieve a list of recent items passed?

  Is it possible to retrieve a list of recent past items.  I am trying to determine if a file has been accessed and then removed from the list of recent items.  If possible, how do you do that?

  The list is stored in C:\Users\\Recent and there may be different lists for each user.  There is no real way to know if an item has been removed from the list, unless it is in the trash (which is unlikely).

  To check the Ffichier, go to Windows Explorer and navigate to the file that you are concerned about. Right-click on the headers, click more and add the access Date column.  Then you can see the last time someone accessed the file.  It's just as good as the list of recent files to find out when a person access to a file (and it cannot be deleted without deleting the file).

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.