Solved Recent Items; Can't get it to turn on.

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Thing is.................................I don't have a restore point ><

But originally it works. but after I plugged in a 2nd monitor... It didn't work.
 

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Welcome to Seven Forums wazzupbeckham. Here's something to try:

Start> In search box type

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations

and press enter

See if any of the automaticDestinations-ms files are larger in size than the rest of the file, such as files that have file size of 1 MB or more.

Delete the larger files. If you're not worried about saving Jump Lists’ recent items history delete all the automaticDestinations-ms files in the folder. See if the recent items lists will now work. You will obviously need to create some new history before anything will show.

A Guy
 

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thanks for the welcome :party:

I've just tried your method. I cut and pasted all the files to my desktop (hope that does the same as deleting them). But it still doesn't work. Do you think I have to wait a while or.... do I need to restart?

PS. I did see 3 files over 1000kb


Welcome to Seven Forums wazzupbeckham. Here's something to try:

Start> In search box type

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations

and press enter

See if any of the automaticDestinations-ms files are larger in size than the rest of the file, such as files that have file size of 1 MB or more.

Delete the larger files. If you're not worried about saving Jump Lists’ recent items history delete all the automaticDestinations-ms files in the folder. See if the recent items lists will now work. You will obviously need to create some new history before anything will show.

A Guy
 

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You'd have to create new history by opening items and such. The things that create "recent items". A restart might be a good idea, you are basically looking to have those large files out of the recent folder as they apparently can prevent recents from working. A Guy
 

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Just restarted. Opened a bunch of folders. No luck ><

update: Works! Few moments after, I decided to open the folder to told me to go to. I saw 2 new files created in from of my eyes. Then Voila! An recent items appears in the Jump List!

THANKS A GUY!
 

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ok. this may seem like a dumb answer....but when i type in the path, it only lets me go as far as this: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\

am i missing a step somewhere where i need to get into the AutomaticDestinations and the CustomDestinations?

i have my hidden files and system files to show...but i can't find them :(
 

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