Sharon F

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:42:03 -0700, Pengalo wrote:

> 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?

Properties for start orb. Make sure recent items is enabled on the start
menu tab.

Also check "history" settings. If you delete "History" in various places
within Vista (Start Menu properties, for example) or with a third party
internet security program, the list is erased. Change history settings so
that the trail is retained.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User