Recent places now remaining empty


  1. oursdur
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    Recent places now remaining empty


    Hello Everyone

    Until a short while ago my "recent places" was working fine showing all recent folders opened. Following some changes on the exchange mailbox - in principle not related to windows - all of a sudden my recent places is empty.

    More worrying it is no longer "populated" as I use new files in new folders.

    I've checked that the two boxes for "recent items" and "Recent programs" are checked in the start bar configuration). But is a directory a "recent item"?

    "Recently Changed" link is still working on the other hand.

    Can someone help?
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  3. oursdur
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    Windows 7 ultimate
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    Just adding some additional information on the previous post :
    - I tried creating a new user and problem appears to be the same
    - Also tried to do a system restore but for some reasons all the restore points I used came back with a failure message (something around "Cannot access a file") even when Norton AV was de-activated.

    I would welcome any solution avoiding an install and repair.
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