Hi Dean-Dean:
Now, for some strange reason, no recent items are appearing - even after I
open them, like Word documents. I tried checking the privacy option on the
start menu tab but that doesn't help.
Any thoughts?
"dean-dean" wrote:
> 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
> news
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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?
>
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