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Thanks Brink
Excellent tutorial that solved this issue for me. Clearest I have found anywhere.
orCode:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Start_TrackProgs"=dword:00000001 ; Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu "Start_TrackDocs"=dword:00000001 ; Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar
Code:@echo off reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "Start_TrackProgs" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "Start_TrackDocs" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f pause & exit
Last edited by nalbe; 18 Mar 2017 at 03:18.
wow been searching for this fix thank you so much worked perfect for me
Thanks for this. It fixed my issue which resulted by remoting into a Vista environment and apparently changing the profile's default setting for storing the recent items in the taskbar.
When I right-click on taskbar > Properties > Start Menu, I cannot check "Store and Display Recently Opened Items in the Start Menu and on the Taskbar" because it is grayed out.
I located the C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
and it appeared empty for some time, even though Properties indicates 2 folder and 30 files (none hidden).
Suddenly a subfolder appeared called CustomDestinations (modified just now) with 24 files with names ending in .customDestinations-ms
Listing them from a command window shows the other folder is called AutomaticDestinations with files ending in .automaticDestinations-ms Not too useful.
I even tried the registry fix but still cannot get "Recent Places" or "recent items" to work anywhere.
Hello Pat, and welcome to Seven Forums.
It sounds like you may have Recent Items disabled since the Store and Display Recently Opened Items in the Start Menu and on the Taskbar option is grayed out. See if doing step 2 in OPTION ONE of the tutorial below may be able to enable Recent Items and allow you to check/uncheck the option afterwards.
Recent Items - Enable or Disable
Hope this helps,
Shawn
Last edited by Brink; 18 Jun 2012 at 15:20. Reason: typo
Did that already but no change. "Start_TrackProgs" and "Start_TrackDocs" are both set to 1.
I noticed %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent goes to
my profile but displays as: Recent Items.
"Start_TrackProgs" and "Start_TrackDocs" is not what the tutorial to enable Recent Items sets. This is different setting instead. Please give step 2 in OPTION ONE a try to see if it may help afterwards. :)
Recent Items - Enable or Disable
Yep, it should be "Recent Items".[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=-