Missing My Recent Documents List

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"Dave B." <DaveB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All, I cannot get My Recent Documents to show up on my main User
> Start
> Page. I already went in to enable My Recent Documents under Start,
> Properties, Start Menu, Customize, etc.
>
> If I create a second user on the same machine, I can get the My Recent
> Documents to show up on the Start Page.
>
> Does anyone know what's missing or corrupted? I can't find a difference
> that does anything. Your feedback is welcomed and appreciated.
> --
> Dave B.
The folder that holds the icons for recent documents? There should be such
a folder for each user.
Jim

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Thanks for the feedback Wesley. I think the problem comes from running an
application inside Counterspy. I think it deleted the ability to have the
Recent Documents.

I'll download TweakUI and follow your instructions. Thanks for the
information!
--
Dave B.


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Do you have TweakUI?
>
> TweakUI
> [+] Explorer
>
> Check this one.
>  Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
> [[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
> menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
> the Start menu customization dialog.]]
>
> Uncheck this one.
>  Clear document history on exit
> [[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
> documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
> you log off]]
>
> Check this one.
>  Maintain document history
> [[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
> and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
> not respect this setting). ]]
>
> If XP Pro you can use Group Edit...
> Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
> Navigate to >>>
> User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\
>
> Look at the settings for...
> Remove the Documents menu from the Start menu.
> Do not keep history of recently opened documents
> Clear history of recently opened documents on exit
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:22C43872-38C9-45A9-8211-DB59F1ED91CB@microsoft.com,
> Dave B. <DaveB@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Hello All, I cannot get My Recent Documents to show up on my main User
> > Start Page. I already went in to enable My Recent Documents under Start,
> > Properties, Start Menu, Customize, etc.
> >
> > If I create a second user on the same machine, I can get the My Recent
> > Documents to show up on the Start Page.
> >
> > Does anyone know what's missing or corrupted? I can't find a difference
> > that does anything. Your feedback is welcomed and appreciated.
> > --
> > Dave B.
>
>