Comments on: Missing recent documents in Vista

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:35:13 +0000

i have the same problem as JK, policies is empty, can someone please export on a file what they have in that registry so i can import it and move the settings

regards

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:59:43 +0000

Looks like your suggestion worked, at least I was able to find the entry and change the 1 to 0. Thanks for the help. Microsoft’s online help is the pits!

By: Recent documents not listing on start menu | keyongtech

Recent documents not listing on start menu | keyongtech — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:38:24 +0000

[...] are disabled through group policy and you have Vista Home Basic or Home Premium, ‘this blog post’ (http://codylogan.net/2008/01/15/rece…ents-in-vista/) may provide some information. The Home editions of Vista don’t have gpedit.msc, which is used to [...]

By: Cody

Cody — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:00:21 +0000

Dean: Yes, the recent programs and recent files lists are separate. I don’t know what alternative solutions there are. I’m afraid I don’t know too much about the inner workings of the Windows registry.

By: dean

dean — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:54:40 +0000

I have tired every thing but the list of recent programs still does not populate in start menu. Just a huge blank spot.

As far as your solution is concerned, recent programs and recent files are 2 different thing correct? In XP every program you use so often is listed on the side for easy access. Thats what I am trying to get at.

By: Sharla

Sharla — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:50:10 +0000

Thank you Cody for the resolution to this problem, you are the only one I discovered who addresses this matter.
Your instructions worked like a charm. You are one raving genius to which I am grateful.

By: Cody

Cody — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:42:44 +0000

That’s strange that there’s nothing in that registry key. There is a setting that’s supposed to be in the registry that clears the recent docs every time you restart, but I’ve never heard of them going away during the same session.

The safest option would probably be a reinstall of Windows, though I suppose you could manually put in the Explorer key information if you’re not afraid to mess around in the registry. That’s quite the strange problem you’ve got. Sorry I couldn’t help more.

By: John Kelleher

John Kelleher — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:16:18 +0000

Hi Cody,

I have a similar issue where I found that Recent Documents wwa always “empty” in the START MENU (Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit). I have searched the web to find a solution but unfortunately my registry setting HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies contains nothing, no EXPLORER details. I tried unticking the “store recent documents” setting and rebooting (always worth a shot), then reapplying the tick, which seemed to solve this for a while. Later on however after going back to my machine I found that Recent Documents is now empty again! Is there a time limit, maybe for documents to be held in Recent Docs?

Regards,

JK.

By: Recent documents not listing on start menu - Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:31:04 +0000

[...] recent documents are disabled through group policy and you have Vista Home Basic or Home Premium, this blog post may provide some information. The Home editions of Vista don’t have gpedit.msc, which is used to [...]