If you've used 3rd party cleaner, it may have deleted the desktop.ini in
the Recent Items folder. If you navigate to C:\Users\(Your
Name)AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows, does the Recent Items folder have a
special icon? If it doesn't, and only shows the generic manila one, and the
folder is just called Recent (without the word Items), right-click on the
Recent folder and choose Delete. Log Off and then Log On. Open your Start
Menu and type shell:recent. This should restore the folder with the correct
desktop.ini, which will then restore the right-click context menu item
"Clear Recent Items List" (right-click inside the folder that pops up to
test that).
"Barry K" <Barry
K@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I right click on recent items in the VISTA start menu to access the
> clear recent items function, it does not appear. Is there any way to make
> the
> clear recent items function reappear?