Recent Folder

[Guest Jorge Bravo]

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

[Guest Bruno]

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]

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

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> "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]

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