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Guest Jorge Bravo
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While running Ad-Aware I kept getting warnings of a MRU Object in my Recent

folder. I kept deleting it but next time I scanned i was there again. I

think I understand that the reason is that it is not the same one but a new

ne with information on the more recent IE viewing.

 

Anyway, at one stage I deleted the folder (in fact, two) but kept them in

the Dustbin folder. I thought that they would be recreated on startp, but

that did not happen. What should I do now? The computer seems to be

running well without the Folder.

 

In fact, as I said before I had two folders: Recent and Recent [2].

 

The full location was c:\ Docs&Settings\'ME'\Recent

 

Thank you for your help

 

jb

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Guest Bruno
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Re: Recent Folder

 

"Jorge Bravo" wrote:

> I deleted the [Recent] folder (in fact, two) [...] I thought that they

> would be recreated on startp, but that did not happen. [...] I had two

> folders: Recent and Recent [2].

>

> The full location was c:\ Docs&Settings\'ME'\Recent

 

The folder may have been recreated somewhere else.

In Regedit, go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell

Folders

double click on "Recent" (right pane),

copy the path to the clipboard,

and, in Windows Explorer, paste the path in the Address bar and hit ENTER.

Guest Jorge Bravo
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Re: Recent Folder

 

Great, thanks very much, but...

 

I now have different problems: I lost administrator access to my own

account. I know I can create another with Admin access, but I think this

may have been due to having deleted the Recent folder. The new one is in a

different position and with a different name.

 

Can you help?

 

Thank you very much

 

 

JB

 

 

 

 

"Bruno" <bgarbay@yahoo.com> escreveu na mensagem

news:%23h0rMFe5IHA.3784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> "Jorge Bravo" wrote:

>> I deleted the [Recent] folder (in fact, two) [...] I thought that they

>> would be recreated on startp, but that did not happen. [...] I had two

>> folders: Recent and Recent [2].

>>

>> The full location was c:\ Docs&Settings\'ME'\Recent

>

> The folder may have been recreated somewhere else.

> In Regedit, go to

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell

> Folders

> double click on "Recent" (right pane),

> copy the path to the clipboard,

> and, in Windows Explorer, paste the path in the Address bar and hit ENTER.

>

>

Guest Bruno
Posted

Re: Recent Folder

 

"Jorge Bravo" wrote:

> "Bruno" escreveu na mensagem:

>> "Jorge Bravo" wrote:

>>> I deleted the [Recent] folder (in fact, two) [...] I thought that they

>>> would be recreated on startp, but that did not happen. [...] I had two

>>> folders: Recent and Recent [2].

>>>

>>> The full location was c:\ Docs&Settings\'ME'\Recent

>>

>> The folder may have been recreated somewhere else.

>> In Regedit, go to

>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell

>> Folders

>> double click on "Recent" (right pane),

>> copy the path to the clipboard,

>> and, in Windows Explorer, paste the path in the Address bar and hit

>> ENTER.

> I now have different problems: I lost administrator access to my own

> account.

 

If you mean your regular account doesn't have administrator privileges

anymore, log on using the Administrator account and change the account type

of your regular account.

> I know I can create another with Admin access, but I think this may have

> been due to having deleted the Recent folder. The new one is in a

> different position and with a different name.

 

The Recent folder being recreated somewhere else may be the consequence, not

the cause, of a screwed up account. You could try to change the path in the

registry and reboot. Try:

c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_ACCOUNT\Recent


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