Windows 10: Recent Files on Taskbar Items Regular Stop Showing Recent Files

Discus and support Recent Files on Taskbar Items Regular Stop Showing Recent Files in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; So I guess this is another feature which used to work perfectly fine e.g. in Windows 7 and now is broken in Windows 10/11.See the attached image.Every... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Daniel Zrust, Apr 13, 2023.

  1. DANIEL ZRUST
    Daniel Zrust Win User

    Recent Files on Taskbar Items Regular Stop Showing Recent Files


    So I guess this is another feature which used to work perfectly fine e.g. in Windows 7 and now is broken in Windows 10/11.See the attached image.Every 2-3 weeks, the Recent Files on taskbar icons just stop refreshing. Also, in Windows 7, one was able to actually drag'n'drop these files around - e.g. into email attachments. It was literally the most used hack in Windows 7 and was saving me SO MUCH TIME when I did not have to navigate to folders every single time I needed to work with a file. Fast forward a few years... In the new Windows 10/11, not only the drag'n'drop no longer works, the new

    :)
     
    Daniel Zrust, Apr 13, 2023
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  2. EIDAIRAMAN1
    eidairaman1 Win User

    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
     
    eidairaman1, Apr 13, 2023
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  3. 95VIPER
    95Viper Win User
    95Viper, Apr 13, 2023
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  4. SLOZOMBY
    slozomby Win User

    Recent Files on Taskbar Items Regular Stop Showing Recent Files

    Recent File List

    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file1

    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file2
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file3
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file4
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file5
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file6
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file7
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file8
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file9
    ...

    you get the idea. ( too lazy to put it in a for loop and test it.

    or just open regedit and remove all the fileX from that key.
     
    slozomby, Apr 13, 2023
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