Try this, compTMan, (substitute USERNAME for the actual name of the account):
1. Right-click Command Prompt, and choose Run as Administrator. Type the
following command, and then press ENTER:
takeown /f C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER to grant
administrators full access to the file:
icacls C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent /grant administrators:F
3. Then type:
icacls C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent /grant USERNAME_PC/USERNAME:F
Press ENTER.
"compTMan" <compTMan.2wt9u7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:compTMan.2wt9u7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...
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>
> I don't know when my problem started but I too recently loaded an
> anti-virus application (AVG).
>
> As Earl mentioned, the icon for my Recent Items file is a special icon
> and the file name includes the work "Items." Dean-dean, do you have any
> other suggestions?
>
> I did find one interesting point. If I'm logged on as a standard user
> and attempt to access the Recent Items file (using the shell:recent
> command) I'm told I need permission to access the file. It then ask me
> to enter the Admin. password. When I enter the correct password I'm
> "denied access" and told to use the "security tab" to gain access!
>
>
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> compTMan