How do I restore/recover my list of recent documents?
How do I restore/recover my list of recent documents? the list used to come up when I clicked on start and then on "My Recent Documents", but now when I do that all it shows is "EMPTY". What did I do wrong?, and how can I fix it? I am running Windows
XP Service Pack 3 on a Sony Vaio Model VGN-N130G Laptop computer.
Have you made any changes to the computer prior to this issue?
Do you have any third party cleaning software installed on your computer?
If the computer was setup with a user "Owner" as done by a number of pre-loaded systems, and the
name is changed to "XYZ", then you lose the 'my recent documents' feature.
You may try these steps and check:
Method 1:
Follow these steps and check if it helps in fixing the issue:
a. Right-click Start, and then click Properties. Or, if the Start menu is already displayed, right-click an empty area of theStart menu, and then click
Properties.
b. Click Customize. Click the Advanced tab.
c. Under Recent documents, click to select the List my most recently opened documents check box, clickOK, and then click
OK.
Method 2:
Follow the steps given here and check if it helps.
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully.
For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
