Windows 10: Win 10, word icon lost after recent auto update from microsoft.

After the last windows auto update I lost my word icon at the bottom bar. If I open a word file from my desktop, the file is displayed but I get a message in the side bar that word has recovered the following files. I have tried pinning the word icon back on the bar but it does not change the recovery message. I work with computers because of what they do when they work properly but I easily get lost when I talk to an expert and the person uses computer terminolgy.

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Is it possible to pin recent doc to Word icon on taskbar?

It's possible with WordPad so, I don't see why it wouldn't work with Word.

 

Windows 10 Office 365 cannot open files from: recent file list


Thanks for the tip! I followed all above steps.

So far I can open files from the Recent files list when I enter Word itself, however I still am unable to open any documents using the Word icon pinned to the taskbar:





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Windows 10 Task bar Icon for Word and/or Excel, right click to show recent files.

Windows 10 Task bar Icon for Word and/or Excel, right click to show recent or pinned files. How do I get the recent files to list?

I have looked at all the properties as well as windows 10 options for both programs and I can only affect the recent files once the program is opened.

For example: In Windows 8 you can right click the Word icon and a list of recent files shows up, usually up to 8 files. You can then select specific files to be pinned. The pinned files are there but never any recent files.

How do I change this or is this a feature that is gone?

I have Microsoft 365 Home. I have updated both Windows 10 and my Microsoft suite applications.

Thanks =)