[unclew]

mphenterprises said:

Anyway, I think I may have found a workaround for you. Within this Document are the steps to create a new User Account and to copy the files to the new User Account within Windows XP. I just did a test under Windows Vista and, although the verbiage is slightly different, the steps are the same. I cannot guarantee that this will work for you; however, it is worth a shot.

Thanks for the tip, I got it saved. For the short term I'll just keep my Recent Items list trimmed down to only the ones I mostly use.

[Jeroen]

I found this in another newsgroup. It worked for me (also eliminated the alphabetical sort problem):

Symptom
When you open the Windows Vista Start menu and right-click Recent Items, the option Clear Recent Items List may be missing. Also, the Recent folder may be displayed with a generic folder icon in Windows Explorer.
Resolution
This happens if the desktop.ini file in the Recent folder is deleted. Thanks & Credits to dean-dean for posting this solution in the Microsoft Newsgroup.
* Click Start, type "%AppData%MicrosoftWindows" and press {ENTER}
* Right-click the folder named Recent, and choose Delete. Click Yes when prompted.
* Now, type the command "shell:recent" in Start - Search box, and press {ENTER}.
Logoff and login back. You should now see the context menu entry Clear Recent Items List when you right-click on the Recent Items folder in the Start menu..

[unclew]

Jeroen, that worked perfectly! Thank you so much. It is nice to have my Recent Items back working the way I'd grown accustomed.

[mphenterprises]

Hi Jeroen and welcome to PCWorld. :-)




Thank you (and Dean Dean) for that suggestion. This Discussion will be turned into a Document so that others who may have this problem can find it easily.