Recent items in Windows 7/Windows 2008R2 does not show up in the start menu
by Daniel on Nov.20, 2011, under Windows
You cannot find recent items in your start menu in Windows 7/Windows 2008.
Even after switching on recent items via GPO:
“User configuration\Policies\Administrative templates\Start menu and taskbar\Remove recent items menu from start menu” this is set to: “disabled”
You will not find recent items in your start menu. This bug has been confirmed by Microsoft.
To turn on recent items, do the following:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
Add a REG_DWORD: Start_ShowRecentDocs value=1
Voila, you have recent items in your startmenu.
December 6th, 2011 on 05:48
ve been looking everywhere for this! Thank goodness I found it on Bing. You have made my day! Thx again