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"Pengalo" <Pengalo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The Recent Items list in Vista was working fine. I'm not sure what caused
> the problem, but I noticed it stopped updating around the same time I
> compressed a number of folders.
> When I tried "Clear Recent Items List' by right-clicking on "Recent Items"
> in the start menu it would hang and I'd have to restart Windows to get it
> back. I finaly got it cleared by turning off the option altogether and
> then
> turning it back on. However, it still doesn't work. If I go directly to
> the
> folder at C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent I do
> see
> shortcuts showing up when I open files but the shortcut is always to the
> folder of the item; not the item itself. If I manually edit the shortcut
> and
> point it to the file, it shows up in the Recent Items list and I can click
> on
> it to open it. However, it replaces the modified shortcut with the
> shortcut
> to the folder. I'm fairly certain this is a Vista bug. Anyone else see
> the
> same thing?
>