Julian

Not a bad idea except:

Firefox is my default browser, so I fired up IE7 explicitly and opened a
file on disk - checked that it was there in the history, checked History
settings (20 days, 50MB), didn't quit IE and checked in Notepad's SaveAs and
Open dialogs... Recent Places *does* nothing (I was wrong when I said it was
empty - clicking it doesn't cause any change in the files pane - but see
below)

I don't have any trail cleaners at the moment...

So... I checked the Start Menu properties, and under Privacy I did not have
remember recent files checked... so I checked it, opened a couple of files
(in IE7 and Excel) and although Recent *Items* appears on the start menu it
remains empty... but now clicking on Recent Places *does* cause the files pan
to change... to empty!

*I* am confused!

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Thu, 31 May 2007 14:34:02 -0700, Julian wrote:
>
> > Open Notepad, choose Save... in the Navigation pane ("Favorite Links") I have
> > "Recent Places" - which might be (suggested by looking at the context menu)
> > related to Recent Items, but it is definitely Recent Places... and I didn't
> > put it there because I would have no idea how to! (I have put a couple of
> > items there, but they are fixed paths).
> >
> > I thought it was a cool idea, but if you haven't even heard of it....!?!?!
> >
> > BTW - this is Vista HP...
> >
> > Julian
>
> Took 3 or 4 times of opening Notepad, clicking on Save and then "more.."
> under "favorite links" before I could get Recent Places to show up. It
> would appear that this list is tied into history.
>
> History on the surface is a browser trail showing visited websites. However
> it shows up in other places within Windows: Start> Run; File> Open; Start>
> Recent programs and recent items; and so on. Using Internet Options to
> clear History typically clears the browser trail only. But if one moves
> into Start Menu Properties> Classic, there is a "clear" button that removes
> these other lists tracked by the operating system.
>
> If the "clear" button has not been used, what else could cause this history
> to be removed or not gathered? Some ideas: Third party cleanup tools and
> third party optimizers claiming to "streamline" by getting rid of "junk";
> third party security programs protecting privacy by "covering up tracks" or
> removing history.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>