Lots of RECENT shortcuts...

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George

Am using WinXP-pro, wondered how many "recent" shortcuts Windows keeps
before it starts deleting them or if it deletes them at all.

Does it retain a certain number such as 100? Does it delete old ones, older
than X days old?

Not talking about the ones in Start > All Programs > My recent Documents,
for which the number of files it displays can be set (although can't seem to
find where), but

Rather, I'm asking about the shortcuts (icons) to recently used files in the
actual FILE FOLDERS, like...

WINDOWS:
C:\Documents and Settings\John Doe\Recent

MS OFFICE:
C:\Documents and Settings\John Doe\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent
 
George said:
WINDOWS:
C:\Documents and Settings\John Doe\Recent
Click to expand...

this folder's contents _IS_ the recent menu on the start menu
MS OFFICE:
C:\Documents and Settings\John Doe\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent
Click to expand...

this folder is the recent menu in the Office Open File dialog.

You can delete them at will. TweakUI has a choice to delete them at every
startup. Can you specify a max number to save? I'm sure you can
somewhere in the registry, I just don't know where! Try doing a google.
 
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