Questions tagged [recent-items]
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How do I keep programmatic shortcuts visible in Recent Items?
Using this answer, I can create shortcuts (.lnk files) for various executables and folders.
When I use the Recent Items directory (C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent) in the SHORTCUT, the PWS call creates the shortcut, but…
mathlete
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Lightshot - change save folder (Windows 10)
I would like Lightshot to save screenshots to desktop, how do I do that?
Tutorials I found doesn't seem to touch on that.
At some point, I selected a folder to save a screenshot from Lightshot. Since then, all screens save there. I found that folder…
Brambor
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How to remove recent files from windows applications?
Whenever I make secondary click on any windows application, it shows me a list of recent files:
I have already tried to remove them using this:
but they don't go away. Could you help me?
Nau
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Recent history missing from Jump Lists only on Start Menu
UPDATE: It appears this was a bug introduced in the KB5055518 update, and fixed with the KB5059379 update. Nothing was required except waiting a month for the fix.
The Jump Lists for programs in the Start menu used to show recently opened items,…
Adrian McCarthy
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Removing Problematic Excel Taskbar Pinned Items
I am unable to "un-pin" 3 pinned items from the right-click context menu of Excel (some are hidden from screen snip due to containing vendor names):
or when searching "Excel" from the taskbar
This document no longer exists at the present path.…
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
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Windows 10 / MS-Word / missing list of recently edited files under Start Menu / right-click
I have MS-Office apps "pinned" to my Start menu. MS-Word used to show the list of recently opened files when I right-clicked on the Word icon. Now it doesn't. How do I get it back??
Excel still does show the list of recent files when I…
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Google Chrome able to see my files
When I right click on the Google Chrome icon in the Taskbar/Start menu, I am able to see files in the recent list which I don't think Google Chrome should be able to read. Also these files aren't recent,some of which have been deleted.
The files…
Valay_17
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Add ShareX-created files to Recent Items
I use ShareX and Microsoft Outlook extensively, quite often together so it'd be very useful if ShareX could write to Recent Items so that screen captures are quickly attachable.
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How to restore a previous session of Outlook after a crash? I had always been able to reopen items but Outlook just said it didn't save before closing
So, I was always able to reopen previously emails from Outlook, which I did use a lot since Outlook liked crashing. However, one day Outlook just said through a notification it did not save the previous session and when Outlook opened, there was no…
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