Windows 10: add recently edited documents to menu that appears after clicking search bar

I had recent documents appear before when I used to click the search bar now it's just blank. So I am wondering how to get that feature back.




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Re-enabling recent documents

i believe you right click start menu> start menu tab > customize... > advanced

Tick recent documents towards the bottom

 

List of recent documents not showing Windows 10

You can make a list of recent documents appear in 2 ways in W10.

1. Left click over the Word icon in the task bar (task bar is at the bottom of your screen).

2. Click the start menu. Hover over the picture of the Word icon, and left click the mouse. A list of about 10 recent documents will appear.

Left clicking over the other icons in the task bar will give you a list of recent files open in those programs too (ie, if you have Acrobat there, browser list etc.).

 

Search icon does not appear on the task bar

I have a laptop and a recently I bought a desktop Pc running windows 10 home edition. The search icon (next to the windows symbol) does not appear on the task bar on the Pc. It does show on the laptop however. Why is it that? I click on the task bar
with the right button of the mouse and a list appears containing the “search” link on the laptop but that does not appear on the Pc. Also the “cascade windows”, “Show windows stacked” and “show windows side by side” appear grey that is inactive. Both laptop
and Pc run windows 10 Home edition. Could it be something wrong with the installation? I bought the Pc (a Dell inspiron) recently and today I installed the software. But why is it that the search icon does not show on the task bar and actually it is missing
from the list that appears when I click on the task bar with the right button of the mouse? Any help would be welcome.