Recent Documents

[herculeorama]

Where do I find the list of recent documents? In XP all I had to do was right-click on start button->Explore. Then navigate to My Recent Documents and I was able to see the entire list of my recent documents, deleting whichever I was sure I was not going to open soon again. I can't find the similar folder on Windows 7. Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[Jonathan_King]

Hello,

In 7, right-click on the taskbar and select Properties. Then go to the Start Menu tab, and you should see a couple of check boxes. Select what you want, and they should appear in the Start Menu.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2013-recent-items-turn-off.html

and

(check Recent Items)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/265-start-menu-customize.html

Hope this helps,
~JK

 

[herculeorama]

Thanks a lot. That worked.

But where is this list stored?

 

[Jonathan_King]

Thanks a lot. That worked.

But where is this list stored?

I believe it is called Recent Places. You can search for it in the start menu.

 

[Brink]

Thanks a lot. That worked.

But where is this list stored?

Hello Herculeorama,

Recent Items is stored in the hidden system folder Recent Items located at:

C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items

Hope this helps,
shawn

 

[Jonathan_King]

Thanks a lot. That worked.

But where is this list stored?

Hello Herculeorama,

Recent Items is stored in the hidden system folder Recent Items located at:

C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items

Hope this helps,
shawn

Thanks Shawn. I just learned something.

 

[WindowsStar]

@Brink
I think that is: %SystemDrive%\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

 

[Brink]

Hello WindowsStar,

Nope, it's the correct location that I have. If you only see a yellow folder named Recent instead of Recent Items with a icon, then see the NOTE box in the tutorial below on how to fix it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2013-recent-items-turn-off.html

 

[thefabe]

I'd like to extend a thank you to you as well Shawn.Always spent to much time finding them in the past. Fabe

 

[Brink]

Ah, your welcome guys.

 

[herculeorama]

Thanks a lot shawn. That was really helpful. Appreciate it.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Herculeorama.

 

[WindowsStar]

@Brink
Ahhh Common mistake you are looking at it through "Windows Explorer" and seeing the pretty icon and friendly name for the folder. However from the Command Prompt or looking at the disk natively you will see it is really at:

%SystemDrive%\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

If you try to do a:

CD %SystemDrive%"\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items"

you will get a message of: "The system cannot find the path specified."

See the screen shots.

 

[Brink]

WindowsStar,

Ah, I see. Yep, it would be that in the command prompt.

 

[dsackett]

Once I showed the hidden forlders and then added that folder to my locations for document libraries, I was able at least have it included in windows explorer. However, I still cannot get the following to work as it did in XP:
Inserting a file in outlook and clicking on the link to the "recent items" folder and I am told that I "don't have permission to open this file" (but I can use that folder through windows explorer).
Also in Word and Excel when I want to open a file through that menu, the recent items folder does not show up.