Guest Mark M Morse Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 WindowsXP Home SP2 laptop. Start menu no longer displays any recently-used applications. I checked the properties; the settings are correct to display up to 16 applications. I tried turning this feature off; rebooting, and turning this feature on again. The issue remains. Is there a registry setting to check? Cheers, ~ Mark
Guest Newbie Coder Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Issue with Recent Programs List on Start Menu Mark, START | RUN | Type 'regedit' (withought quotes) & click OK Navigate to: Currunt User: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer All Users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Key Name: NoRecentDocsHistory Key Type: DWORD Value: 0 = display recent docs, 1 = disable recent docs Also, under the same key: Key Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit Key Type: DWORD Value: 0 = doesn't clean recent docs on shutdown, 1 = clean recent docs on shutdown Key Name: MaxRecentDocs Key Type: DWORD Value: 16 (for the same as what you have the START MENU set to) Remove from Start Menu: Key Name: NoRecentDocsMenu Key Type: DWORD Value: 0 = display recent docs on Start Menu, 1 = disable recent docs on Start Menu Close the registry editor Note: When removing Recent Docs from the menu & re-enabling it you need a restart to add it back to the menu, yet removal is instant -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Mark M Morse" <mmm4444bot@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23$ERHjyAIHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > WindowsXP Home SP2 laptop. > > Start menu no longer displays any recently-used applications. I > checked the properties; the settings are correct to display up to 16 > applications. > > I tried turning this feature off; rebooting, and turning this > feature on again. The issue remains. > > Is there a registry setting to check? > > Cheers, > > ~ Mark >
Guest Mark M Morse Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Issue with Recent Programs List on Start Menu Hi Newbie Coder: Are we discussing the same issue? On this computer, the Start menu contains the item titled, 'My Recent Documents'. When I hover the mouse pointer over that item, a sub-menu opens with shortcuts to 15 recently-opened documents. So, that feature appears to be working. The issue that I want to resolve involves links for recently-used applications. They no longer show up on the start menu. They used to. Now, the only application shortcuts on the Start menu are the ones that I specifically put there. Windows XP no longer puts a shortcut on the Start menu for other applications that I use. For example, if I open MS Paint to paste and save a screen shot, and then close MS Paint, then the next time that I go to the Start menu there should be a shortcut for MS Paint. Windows XP puts shortcuts for recently-used applications on the Start menu listed in order of use-frequency. It's possible to limit the number of these shortcuts that appear. This feature is customized on the Customize Start Menu dialog box (accessed through the [Customize...] button on the Start Menu tab of the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box). There is a field to enter the maximum number of recently-used application shortcuts that Windows XP adds to the Start menu. When I read your post, I get a sense that you might have misinterpreted my issue as a problem displaying recently-used document shortcuts as opposed to recently-used application shortcuts. If you misinterpreted, then that's okay; I sometimes make the same mistake when reading. I'm encouraged by your knowledge of the registry, so perhaps you'll be able to post a solution. If you did not misinterpret, then I apologize to you! But, in this event, I need more information about your post. I searched for the string "recentdoc" in the registry. The registry contains several sub-folders whose name includes that string, but there is only one key name in the entire registry that does so. It is Start_ShowRecentDocs (two instances). Additionally, none of the key names in your post appear in the registry. Also, I see that I was not very clear when I posted that I tried turning the feature "off" and "on again". I should have written that I tried setting the number field (referenced above) to zero, and, after rebooting, setting it back to 16. It's set to 12, now. ~ Mark Newbie Coder wrote, in part: > > START | RUN | Type 'regedit' > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > > Key Name: NoRecentDocsHistory > Key Type: DWORD > Value: 0 = display recent docs, 1 = disable recent docs > Mark M Morse wrote: >> >> WindowsXP Home SP2 laptop. >> >> Start menu no longer displays any recently-used applications. I >> checked the properties; the settings are correct to display up to >> 16 >> applications. >> >> I tried turning this feature off; rebooting, and turning this >> feature on again. The issue remains. >> >> Is there a registry setting to check?
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