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    Windows 7 How to restore Recent Items feature?

    I have tried everything, to no avail. I have Recent Items checked in the Customize Start Menu list. Nothing seems to be working. I still can't get back the feature indicated by arrowheads in the attached screen shot. I figure I have to turn to the Windows heavyweights here, as a last resort. I...
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    Windows 7 Recent Items Not Working

    Windows 7 Pro SP1. Customize Start Menu option 'Recent Items' IS checked. Nothing shows up in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent. Anyone got any ideas as to where to start looking? Maintenance is current. TIA for any help received. Bob Helms
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    Windows 7 Recent Items showing programs as well as documents

    Hi There, I'm having a bit of an odd problem with the "Recent Items" menu on the start menu. I have found many google searches on this topic but none that answer my particular question. the question I have is simple can I set it up so that the recent items menu only shows recently opened...
  4. Windows 7 Start Menu Pinned Notepad Doesn't Show Recent Or Pinned Items

    Link Removed Hello... Other programs that I have pinned on my start menu (Adobe Audition CS5.5 for example) show recent and pinned items of its type to the right, but Notepad doesn't. It used to, though. This is the only program that exibits this behavior. The right-arrow, denoting that it...
  5. Windows 7 "Recent Places" link is always empty

    I've spent a lot of time searching for a solution and I'm hoping someone can give me some fresh ideas on how to tackle this annoying issue. My "Recent Places" link is always empty. Looking at ..\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent reveals that items edited (so called "Recent Items")...
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    Windows 7 IE 8 Jump List Does Not Display History

    IE 8 Jump List does not display history or frequent, as is it supposed to: http://i.techrepublic.com.com/gallery/286499-402-294.png The Jump Lists for all other programs display recent items correctly. I toyed with all the options under Taskbar properties. No luck. Any help is very much...
  7. Windows 7 Jump List Tasks Not Appearing

    I recently performed a clean install of Windows 7 x64 on a laptop. However, Application tasks are not appearing in the Jump List. Certain features such as closing an application's windows or unpinning a program from the Start Menu/Taskbar works, however. I've tried various solutions, such as...
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    Windows 7 Jump Lists and MRU

    Hello All, I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. My IE jump list refuses to show the history section. It worked fine until about a month ago. I've tried all the usual fixes that I'm finding on the web including: uncheck/recheck "store and display recently..." checkboxes in...
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    Windows 7 Shutting down and jump list problem

    lately i've observed that my laptop computer, running windows 7 Professional, takes a longer time than usual in shutting down. i timed it and it now shuts down for 2 to 3 mins.. later, i found also that after shutting down, then turning on, all my jump lists are cleared, including the recent...
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    Windows 7 Pinned Taskbar Icon Problem

    I originally pinned windows explorer to the taskbar. I added specific folder destinations to it, so when I right clicked on it it would show some folders that I liked to get to quickly (like pictures, music, downloads, etc.. That was on top of the recent items that it automatically put in...
  11. Windows 7 Recent items in Jump Lists; disabled

    In the Customize Start Menu dialog, the "Number of recent items to display in Jump Lists:" is grayed out. (see attached image) How do I enable this? I'm sure it's something I caused, but I can't figured out what I've done. :confused: Thanks
  12. Windows 7 WinFox: Give Firefox jumplist functionality

    https://brentf.com/blog/software/winfox-ndash-firefox-and-windows-7/ It's available in both x86 and x64 and seems to work well with FF 3.1b3. When I tried it with 3.5b4 and 3.5b5 it would crash within 30 seconds of launching, although the jump list functionality would continue working until...
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    Windows Vista Disappearing Files

    I am running Vista Home Ultimate. I have had a number of files, mostly jpegs disappear. They are not in the Recycle bin and I did not deliberately delete them. The only thing I have done that is unusual is to clear out the "Recent Items" list. Could that have deleted the files?
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    Windows Vista Programs can't be launched, Recent Items empty, missing Control Panel icons

    Hi, I am not repeating the entire issue here. The subject says it all... Kindly visit Link Removed Basically, 90% of installed apps stop working all of a sudden... the screenshots in that thread illustrate the problem. Using OEM version of Vista Home Premium 32 bit + SP1 + all updates +...