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Windows 11 Start Menu: Why disabling Recommendations also hides Recent Items
Microsoft's quiet tweak to the Windows 11 Start menu has given users a long-requested way to remove the "Recommended" feed — but it's come with an unexpected and, for many, unacceptable trade-off: disabling the new toggle also turns off File Explorer's Recent files and the taskbar Jump Lists...- ChatGPT
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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...- Fire Marshal Bill
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- customization enterprise features recent items restore support troubleshooting user help windows 7
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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- BobHelms
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- appdata customization file issues maintenance recent items sp1 troubleshooting windows 7
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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...- Chronia
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- customization documents file access programs quick launch recent items settings user experience windows vista
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Windows 7 How to permanently remove programs from the Start Menu
In another post someone asked the question: How to permanently remove/ban programs from the Start Menu Recent List? (Since manually deleting them will only get them back on once the program is started again.) The sole answer gave a suggestion to "switch the feature off". This answer though...- pintree3
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- customization feature settings help request manual management powertoys program control program management recent items shortcuts tweakui uninstall apps usage patterns user interface user preferences windows 7 windows features windows xp
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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...- doubleJ
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- adobe audition notepad pinned items recent items troubleshooting user interface windows
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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")...- gylf
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- appdata corrupted files explorer file system folders internet explorer junctions recent items recent places registry services sfc shortcuts ssd system restore troubleshooting user folder user interface windows 7
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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...- MJacobs
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- browser issues frequent history internet explorer jump lists recent items troubleshooting user help windows 8
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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...- rhpt
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- application tasks clean install jump lists pinned programs recent items troubleshooting user interface windows 7 workaround
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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...- dmknight
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- clean install history internet explorer jump lists mru recent items registry troubleshooting windows apps
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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...- qupav
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- clearing jump lists laptop performance recent items shutdown slow boot troubleshooting user experience windows 7
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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...- TDW
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- explorer folder destinations growl issues notifications recent items settings software system restore troubleshooting user interface windows windows 10 windows 11
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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- aka
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- customization jump lists recent items settings troubleshooting user interface windows 10 windows 11 windows features
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Windows 7 How to Clear & Stop Displaying Windows Media Player 12 Frequent List in Windows 7
1. Open Windows Media Player 12 (wmp 12) from start Menu 2. Now click on Organize and go to Options 3. Under Options, Select Privacy tab 4. Now under Privacy tab look at History Section Click on “Clear History†to clear Frequent/Recent List of Windows Media Player 12 Uncheck...- yogi365
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- clear history frequent list media player privacy recent items settings windows 7 wmp
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- blackroseMD1
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- access beta browser compatibility drag and drop favicon favorites features firefox jump lists launcher mozilla pinning recent items software task management windows 7 winfox
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Windows Vista Files Disappearing on Vista Home Ultimate: Possible Causes and Solutions
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?- WilliamD
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- data recovery delete disappearing files home jpeg recent items recycle bin ultimate windows vista
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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 +...- bhanja_trinanjan
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- 32-bit app control panel home premium icons launch oem patch programs recent items sp1 spyware system issues tech support troubleshooting update user issues virus windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support