adding a file type to recent documents

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Tom Hall

XP Pro SP2:

I do a lot of work with zip files, but they never seem to appear in the
recent documents list on the Start Menu. Ditto for rar files.

Is there a way to add these file types so that files recently worked with
will appear on that list?


Tom
 
XP Pro SP2:

I do a lot of work with zip files, but they never seem to appear in the
recent documents list on the Start Menu. Ditto for rar files.

Is there a way to add these file types so that files recently worked with
will appear on that list?
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Go to My Computer | Tools | Folder Options | File Types and see if ZIP and
RAR are listed there. If not, then add them to the list.
 
Go to My Computer | Tools | Folder Options | File Types and see if ZIP and
RAR are listed there. If not, then add them to the list.
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They are already there. The problem is not that the system doesn't
recognize the file types; it's the fact that those particular file types
don't get picked up by "Recent Documents" in the Start Menu.


Tom
 
They are already there. The problem is not that the system doesn't
recognize the file types; it's the fact that those particular file types
don't get picked up by "Recent Documents" in the Start Menu.
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Yes, strange, and I've noticed this behaviour with other filetypes as well,
such as .WAV files.

I think this can be solved by adding a new string in the Registry, but I'm
not too sure of how that is done, so I must pass it up.

As an alternative, I can suggest that each time you start work on a new
file, you should put a shortcut to it on the desktop (if your files are
stored in My Documents directories or some other folder). Shortcuts are
only 1KB, and are easily deleted or moved.
 
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