Windows 10: Recently opened files do not show when right click Word in the taskbar, Excel is fine

Discus and support Recently opened files do not show when right click Word in the taskbar, Excel is fine in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Some time in the last few weeks, Word stopped updating the recently opened files shown when I right click the icon in the taskbar. It showed only 3... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Andrew CCC, Jan 19, 2021.

  1. ANDREW CCC
    Andrew CCC Win User

    Recently opened files do not show when right click Word in the taskbar, Excel is fine


    Some time in the last few weeks, Word stopped updating the recently opened files shown when I right click the icon in the taskbar. It showed only 3 files that I had not opened in a long time. I right clicked on each of those 3 files and selected "Remove from this list" but the list never populated again with more recent files.


    I searched on Microsoft and elsewhere, and I found many things to try, including some registry editing, but none of them worked.


    Why did it stop? I barely care. I just want to be able to rectify it if/when it happens again.

    :)
     
    Andrew CCC, Jan 19, 2021
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  2. MATTRICHARDSONAU
    MattRichardsonAu Win User

    Excel on Windows 10 taskbar does not show recent files

    I have the same problem. I have only just upgraded to Windows 10 a few days ago. I have Word 2010 and Excel 2010 pinned to my taskbar. Right-clicking Word shows 12 recent files extending back to before the upgrade. Right-clicking Excel shows no recent
    files, only Excel (to open program) and unpin. It is the same situation on the start menu.

    "Show recently opened items" in Settings is turned on.

    Can you help?
     
    MattRichardsonAu, Jan 19, 2021
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  3. DHNEWMAN16
    dhnewman16 Win User
    Excel on Windows 10 taskbar does not show recent files

    This is only happening with Excel. With Word and PowerPoint, a right click on the taskbar shows recent files and allows me to pin a file to the same window that appears on the taskbar with a right click. For Excel, the right click on the task bar shows
    5 pinned files and no recent files.

    For Excel I already sett the Display to show 25 Recent Documents which appear when I select the "Open Recent File" button on the Quick Access Toolbar. However, this is not the issue that I am concerned with. I want to select more than 5 files from the
    Excel tab on the Taskbar just as I was able to do before upgrading to WIndows 10. By the way, this happens only on my Dell Insprion computer after I upgraded to Windows 10 and when using Excel 2010. On my Surface Pro this issue does not occure when I use
    Excel 2013.
     
    dhnewman16, Jan 19, 2021
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  4. SUMMER203
    Summer203 Win User

    Recently opened files do not show when right click Word in the taskbar, Excel is fine

    File Explorer in Win 10 taskbar not showing Recent folders

    logarajsivasamy, my "Show recently opened items..." (step 4) was already on. Although recent folders appear in Word, Excel etc in the taskbar, they don't appear in File Explorer.
     
    Summer203, Jan 19, 2021
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