Windows 10: How to increase the number of items shown in "Recent Folders" folder in Windows 10, or...

So I wanted a Desktop shortcut and an entry in Quick Access in any Explorer folder's sidebar to let me see a good sized list of recent folder I had opened.


For the 1st I followed these instructions:


https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/create-recent-folders-shortcut-in-windows-10.8416/


Nice. NOTE: You can pin that to the Taskbar or Startmenu if desired.


For the 2nd I followed these instructions:


https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/...ces-navigation-pane-windows-10-file-explorer/


And followed thru to pin that to Quick Access.


(After opening I add a column for "Date Accessed" and sort it based on that.)


BUT: the numer items listed in the resulting Quick Access folder seems capped at an odd arbitrary 33 items.


I wanted to increase that to 50, just to have a longer historical list of folders I had opened in the recent past.


SOOOO.... I Googled up these instructions for a small registry hack:


https://www.howtogeek.com/267705/how-to-increase-the-number-of-jump-list-items-in-windows-10/

which adds a registry entry "JumpListItems_Maximum" in the appropriate place in the registry to set the legth of Widows' "Jump Lists." In my case I set the decimal value to 50, then used File, Exit to properly close RegEdit. The article says that should instantly increase the number of "Recent" type listings to 50.


I closed all open "Recent Folders" folders I had opened earlier, then I opened some new folders and then tried both the Desktop shortcut and the Quick Access link, HOWEVER, the number of items in both is still capped at 33.


Has that capability be removed or is there some other way to do what I am trying to do?


NOTE: I can also go to C:\Users\<my userame>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent (I created a desktop shortcut to that) then put kind=folder in the Search box.


THAT list seems capped at 36 long. Weird. Still a cap but slightly longer.


This all seems arbitrary, and capped at 33 and 36, respectively.


Help me understand how those folders work, if there really is any way to control their length, and why that Jump List length Registry hack no longer works.


THANKS.

:)

 

How can I increase the number of dynamic frequent folders shown in the quick access pane in windows 10?

The "recent items" feature in previous windows versions was a great productivity tool. But it has been split in windows 10 which is fine and reduced in size which is not.

In windows 10 by default there are four dynamically generated frequent folders shown in the quick access pane (as opposed to a very large number in previous versions).

How can this number be increased from 4?



Put another way:

Where in the registry is numberOfDynamicFrequentFoldersToShowInQuickAccessPane = ox00000004

Obviously I made up the name "numberOfDynamicFrequentFoldersToShowInQuickAccessPane" it is not the actual name in the registry (though maybe it should be) but somewhere in the registry there is a value
set to four that controls the number of 'dynamic' frequent folder shown in the Quick access pane

key words: frequent folders, quick access, recent places, recent folders, registry, regedit.

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note:

To increase the number of recent files

Note: By default 10 most recent items are shown in Jump List for any application. You can however, change the number from default 10 to something else.

How to change the number of recent items to display in Jump Lists using Registry edit:

• Press Windows + R keys, type in regedit and press Enter.
• Navigate to:
  
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
• In the right pane double click on the Start_JumpListItems to modify it.
• Enter a number between 0 to 60.
• Restart the computer.

from:

http://www.windows10update.com/2015...ber-of-recent-items-to-display-in-jump-lists/

 

Increase recent items list


I would like to increase the size of the recent items list. I find this recommendation in several p0laces:

Note: By default 10 most recent items are shown in Jump List for any application. You can however, change the number from default 10 to something else.
How to change the number of recent items to display in Jump Lists using Registry edit:
Press Windows + R keys, type in regedit and press Enter.
Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right pane double click on the Start_JumpListItems to modify it.
Enter a number between 0 to 60.
Restart the computer.
from:
Windows 10 Tutorials 81 – Change the Number of Recent Items to Display in Jump Lists

However I have done that and the recent items list stays at 15. How can I increase it?

 

Increase number of recent folders in quick access

I want to increase the number of items displayed i n recent folders