Windows 10: How to get list of recent files after right click on pinned apps in start menu?

In Windows 10, when I right clicked on the pinned apps in the start menu, the drop down list would include the recent files used by the app.This doesn't seem to be the case in 11 which I just got today. \Can anyone help?Thanks.

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Start Menu Recent files


It doesn't work off the start menu in win10, I posted the same a few weeks ago.

Oddly, if the programs appear in most recent used, then you do get the recent files list. Or if you pin to the task bar, you also get the recent list if you right click the icon.

Microsoft's proper name for these recent files is jump list.

Some has shown a beta of a later win10, and the jump list might return if pinned to the start menu. Doubly annoying is if you pin a program to the start menu, it's removed from most used.

See here: How do I get recent docs when pinned to start? - Windows 10 Forums

 

Unable to Pin a File to Start Menu App

Pinning files to an app's Start Menu icon seems to be an ongoing OS problem in Win 10, MS Office 365.

I have MS Office 365 installed and updated. The apps are all on the Start Menu, Word and Excel are pinned there. When I right-click on the Word app icon, the context menu and MRU list is displayed with a single pinned file and a list of recent files.
If I right-click on one of those recent files and select "Pin to this list" or click on the pin icon on the right, the file replaces the one in the pinned section. Attempts to pin any file simply replaces the one that's there. It appears that I can have
only one file pinned at a time.

The files I'm trying to pin exist. I can open them from the MRU list.

This doesn't happen with the Excel MRU list, just Word's.

Troubleshooter reports no problems. SFC reports no problems. Win 10 is fully updated as of today.

Please, don't ask me to reset the OS or reinstall Office...those solutions are overkill and just desperate attempts at proper troubleshooting.

 

Recent File List

that's all off already dude lol, I'm really surprised there is no fix for the recent files list/MRU in the file menu of programs haha

I appreciate the help, MS really needs to implement a Group Policy or a string that can do that for all programs installed