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Thanks for trying. Any attempt to help is sincerely appreciated.

I tried the registry edit download (Option One) first, but it didn't remove the folder in Windows Explorer after shutdown and a cold boot. I got the AppData/Roaming... suggestion from another link that was posted to help me solve this, but there was no such entry there.

I have never seen an icon on the desktop nor a folder in Explorer named 'Recent Places'. The folder I want to remove is called 'Recent' and only shows in Windows Explorer. I went to the tutorial you gave the link to, but on my system, in AppData/Roaming/Microsoft there is no item that includes...

davidhk129: Unfortunately, my version of Win7 Ultimate doesn't show a remove option when Recent is right-clicked, Gavin Oscur: Although I'm using Win7, I looked to see if your 8.1 fix might work. But that link didn't show the key for the Recent folder. Thanks for...

I never use the Recent folder that appears in Windows Explorer. I've removed other system folders, but how to remove the Recent folder seems to be a mystery. Please note: I'm not asking how to remove items from Recent folder. Rather, I want to delete the folder so it doesn't appear at all...

I was referred here from a post in the Windows Secrets Lounge forum = http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/163040-Power-options-unavailable?p=959197#post959197 The problem occurred just after installing Windows updates on July 12, 2014. I tried steps 1 through 4 without success...