Windows 7 How to restore Recent Items feature?

Fire Marshal Bill · Mar 14, 2019

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 hope someone can help me. Please, someone...Windows 7 Enterprise.

Mike · Mar 16, 2019

Stop crying and show some patience.

Its in
C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

You can navigate to this in FIle Explorer. Also: "

Right-click the Start button and choose Properties.
A dialog box should open. If the Start Menu tab isn't already selected, click it.
Click Customise.
Scroll down to the Recent Items check box.
Click the box so a tick appears in it.
Click OK to close the dialog, then click OK again.

That's it - you should now see a Recent option in your Start menu, which you can use to open the documents and files you worked on most recently." - TechDonut

Fire Marshal Bill · Mar 15, 2019

Forget it - I will go elsewhere where people actually know Windows. . :-(

Mike · Mar 16, 2019

Stop crying and show some patience.

Its in
C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

You can navigate to this in FIle Explorer. Also: "

Right-click the Start button and choose Properties.
A dialog box should open. If the Start Menu tab isn't already selected, click it.
Click Customise.
Scroll down to the Recent Items check box.
Click the box so a tick appears in it.
Click OK to close the dialog, then click OK again.

That's it - you should now see a Recent option in your Start menu, which you can use to open the documents and files you worked on most recently." - TechDonut

Fire Marshal Bill · Mar 16, 2019

Mike said:
Stop crying and show some patience.

Its in
C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

You can navigate to this in FIle Explorer. Also: "

Right-click the Start button and choose Properties.

A dialog box should open. If the Start Menu tab isn't already selected, click it.

Click Customise.

Scroll down to the Recent Items check box.

Click the box so a tick appears in it.

Click OK to close the dialog, then click OK again.

That's it - you should now see a Recent option in your Start menu, which you can use to open the documents and files you worked on most recently." - TechDonut

I will stop crying if you start reading what I said. I said that I had already done that! Thanks, anyway.

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