My Recent Docs issue

[Danny Smith]

Hi folks,

Each week I empty the list of My Recent Documents (just to keep things clear
and organised) but then I find that thereafter whenever I open a document
(such as a Word document, image file etc.) it doesn't appear on the My
Recent Documents list - as if I didn't even open it - it just says it's
empty.

I've found a workaround, and that is to go to C:\Documents and
Settings\JohnDoe\Recent, go to Properties, Security tab, and manually add my
username to the permissions with Full Control, but the next week when I
empty the list I have to do it again. Does anyone know of any way to 'fix
it' so that I don't have to keep following that process every time I empty
the list?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your time, Danny.

 

[Newbie Coder]

Danny,

Microsoft Office have their own recent file list

[drive letter]\Documents and Settings\[username here]\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

If you are deleting the recent files weekly why not disable them totally?

Registry Key (Current User):

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
; Delete Recent files when Windows exits
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
; Disable Recent Docs
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000001
; Remove Recent Docs from Start Menu
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001
==============================

There are 3 DWORDS above
Comments are after each ';' & won't be imported into the registry
You can do the same for all users by creating
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer'

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What you are asking though is a permissions issue on that particular directory.
You want to know why your permissions are being lost

Danny. Do yourself a favour and spoof your e-mail address unless you like to be
spammed. Example: (e-mail address removed)