Recent documents in Windows 10

Looking for the section of Recent documents in Windows 10TheUntil recently I had never noticed that the “Recent Documents” item did not appear in my Start menu, the fact is that a friend asked me how I could see the recently opened documents and that was when I missed this item.

As I had seen this item in the start menu of another friend, I imagined that it would be some customization option that I would have disabled. So after a quick look I found the option deactivated and now I tell you how you can activate it so that the item "Recent document" appears in your Start menu.

Recent files in Windows 10

View recent documents in Windows 10

To be able to see the most recent files or documents in Windows 10, it is enough to activate the function that allows us to carry it out. And it is that Microsoft has not wanted to forget in this new version of the popular operating system this interesting and above all useful option.

First open the Windows 10 settings menu, which you can access from the Start Menu or through the Windows + i key combination. Once there, go to the "Personalization" section.

Show recent files in windows 10

Now select "Start" and activate the option "Show recently opened items". If you do not activate it, you will not be able to see the recent files and documents that you have opened in Windows 10.

Recent files in Windows 10

If we display the Start Menu and select a specific application, in our case Microsoft Excel, by pressing the right mouse button we will be able to see the files that were recently opened.

Recent documents in Windows XP

Click on the start menu and then with the right button of the mouse click on a free area of ​​the blue bar at the bottom of the menu. You will get a little window that says "Properties". Look at the image:

As you can see in the previous image, the item "Recent Documents" does not appear in the menu.

Place the pointer over the window that says "Properties" and click once. The following window will appear:

Click on the "Customize" button and in the window that opens, choose the "Advanced options" tab.

Now you must check the box "Show recently opened documents" and then click on "OK", the window will close. As the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" window will still be open, click on "Apply" and then "OK" to close it.

Now you can see your recent documents from the Start menu:

PLastly, remember that if for some reason you don't want someone to see the documents you have recently opened, you can delete the list. To do this, repeat steps 1 to 3 and once in the "Advanced options" tab of the "Customize the Start menu" window, you just have to click on the "Delete list" button.

RRemember that this will not delete the documents you have used recently, it will only delete them from the "Recent Documents" list and when you use them again they will appear in this list again.

EI hope you found this tutorial helpful to see the Windows 10 Recent Files and XP. Vineyard greetings.


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  1.   Killer Vinegar said

    Hello Alejandro, in a few days I will try to solve your doubts about the aimp, we will see how it is recorded and how to normalize the audio.
    Thanks for commenting, it is appreciated. Greetings.

  2.   ALEJANDRO said

    Hello vinegar, today I found your page browsing the internet and it seemed very interesting to me at least for what little I have seen, I think that all your tips will be of much use to me, I already took the steps to have the element of the recent documents and it seems to me very useful, I also want to tell you that I found you because I was looking for information about the handling of the iamp classic player, I already saw what you explain for the installation and it is very good, what I would like you to help me is teach me to handle the option of record a cd and that the volume is uniform in all the songs since I have compiled them from several sources and have different volumes, in the case of hearing them in this player there is no problem since as you say the volume is automatically leveled to play but to tax how do I? I will appreciate your support, see you soon

  3.   Maroon said

    Thanks for the trick I didn't know you could see my recent documents. Have if you keep putting Windows tricks so well explained. Greetings from Caracas.

  4.   Killer Vinegar said

    Hi Maroon, I'm glad that the trick was useful for you. I will continue to put more tricks, because although sometimes they seem simple, not everyone knows them and now you, for example, you already know what to do to show recent documents, right? Count on Vinagre Asesino for your IT doubts. Greetings.

  5.   chula girl said

    hello handsome ... thanks for your tips. long ago my boyfriend closed learned, recent with the idea that he would not see what he did at night ... thanks to you I already know ... a kiss and thank you.

  6.   Pedro said

    Oops I thought you had to install something to see recent documents. Better this way, thanks.

  7.   Killer Vinegar said

    Hello chula girl you see that there are people who do not like to show what is in recent documents. Why is it? Well now you already know how to see them and he doesn't know that you see them 😉

    Hello Pedro there is nothing to install to view the documents you have recently opened. Did you see how easy? Greetings to all.

  8.   George said

    Hello vinegar.
    I have the XP Colossus installed, and the truth is that it works very well except for a few things such as that I cannot show the recent files, not even the option to enable it from my start button as explained above. It is obvious that it was modified from the registry file. My question, do you know how to enable this option?

    Since already very grateful.

  9.   Mauritius said

    hello vinegar: browsing I found your page because I like to learn computer skills and it seemed very well explained to me, you are good as a teacher because you explain in a simple and very clear step by step. Thank you very much for your help.

  10.   Killer Vinegar said

    You're welcome Mauricio, I hope you keep visiting the blog and that you enjoy your articles. Greetings.

  11.   German said

    hello, interesting this of recent files but I have a PROBLEM ... on my pc with win xp sp2 I only get the last 3 recent files, while on the office pc there are 10 frequent files and that works a lot so friends yes Can you tell me how I do so that the 10 or more recent files can also be seen on my pc, thank you pro email me. bye

  12.   Killer Vinegar said

    German is the first time that I read a problem like yours. It is very rare, usually they either appear or do not appear, but only some documents do not appear. I'll see if I can find any information. A greeting.

  13.   roanfo said

    Hello vinegar I have a problem with recent documents and it is that when I follow your instructions in the lower part of options to advanced, the option to activate or deactivate recent documents does not appear I have win xp

  14.   Vinegar said

    roanfo that happens to many others and is usually the result of a virus. The solution is not easy and also I cannot trust the file that fixes it so I cannot link it. Sorry if I find something safe notice.

  15.   link said

    hi, i need help to remove the admin user, what can i do?

  16.   LETY said

    I'm glad to meet people like you. I have the problem of not being able to activate recent documents, I have already done it step by step but the window does not appear to me as well as to you Advanced Options, the sign below does not appear that says «Select this option…. and also the little box where «Show ……» is activated, all that box appears blank .. help me please, what do I do?
    regards

  17.   Killer Vinegar said

    LETY your problem is that a virus modified the Windows registry. You need to modify it again and it is not easy. Maybe do a tutorial.

  18.   Carlos said

    I have the problem of not being able to activate recent documents, I already did it step by step but the window does not appear to me as well as to you of Advanced options, the sign below does not appear that says “Select this option…. and also the little box where "Show ......" is activated, all that box appears blank .. help me please, what do I do?
    regards

    do the fastest that tutorial to see if I solve that problem

  19.   yakaroe said

    I don't see the option to enable recent documents. I followed the procedure as indicated but the option does not appear
    a hug luis

  20.   Fatima sanchez said

    Hello, the tutorial is just what I was looking for, but the option to activate the recent documents does not appear. See if you have more knowledge of the case and give us a little hand.

    thank you very much

  21.   George said

    hello, I have followed the instructions step by step. indicate to see recent documents, but on my computer that option that you indicate: "Show recently opened documents" does not appear. Is there another way to do it ???
    Thank you very much!

  22.   Mike @ itcs said

    Good !! Very good all Vinegar. I tell you I have a problem with the list of recent files, The operating system is a Windows Vista Business. What happens is the following: it does not update the list! Once I delete the list, it is "filled" again and from there it does not list the last open documents.
    Hopefully I have explained well and you understand what I am trying to communicate. In the same way, thank you very much. Month you have helped a lot on several occasions.

  23.   Pablo said

    Elementary but necessary. Thank you.

  24.   alex said

    Hello, the tricks they have left seem very cool to me.
    Here I have a problem for them to see if they collaborate with me I have an acer 4720z laptop and the sound drivers do not install me I have downloaded a number of drivers and nothing to see if they help me with this, the truth I ate I left them the little problem luck

  25.   windosito said

    The only aspect that I can't understand is that this option does not appear in my menu, do you know any way to patch Windows so that it appears again?

  26.   cesarlalp said

    Hello I saw what you explain about "Recent Documents" in my case I already had it on as usual, the issue is that in my case it was deleted and the option in properties does not appear, how can I have the "Recent Documents" of come the start menu again? thank you very good what yours.

  27.   You, Yours said

    excellent contribution ,,, I don't know how long it's been wearing but it's great,
    regards

  28.   Felix said

    Hello, everything is very cool and easy, but the problem I have is that the option of recent documents does not appear, that space is blank, free. What I can do?

  29.   TRINY said

    I am in the same situation as Felix and tutus. This option appears blank. Hopefully and you can help us.

  30.   TRINY said

    And I could do. if you are interested let me know. My team is Xp.

  31.   MANOLO said

    I HAVE A WINDOWS XP THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE RECENT FILES SECTION ACTIVE. HOW CAN I ACTIVATE IT?

  32.   Jorge Luis m said

    Thanks for the help of being able to erase the information on my pc

  33.   javilin said

    Hello, my problem is that I cannot see the folder = Recent Documents in C: Documents and Settings All Users and it is not hidden, what can I do? It is as if the folder was deleted but in the beginning if the recent documents are there but not on disk C, please help me, thanks in advance, greetings

  34.   chiquinquira said

    Hello! thanks for your page I followed the instructions you give and finally I see the recent documents.

  35.   Ariel said

    hello well a question does not come to step 3 for "Show recently opened documents" I do not get to check it because ??? I wait your answer thank you.

  36.   Ariel said

    but I put my email wrong

  37.   gerbasium said

    Hi, I'm looking for a command to run, in notepad or using a command to directly open the recent documents folder, can you? thanks.

  38.   hateful said

    for the recent documents option to appear I did what you indicate but in the advanced options part what has to do with recent documents does not appear

  39.   PETER M. said

    Hello vinegar, your page that I just know is very instructive, unfortunately the article did not help me because the option "RECENT DOCUMENTS" does not appear on my PC in the custom properties window. Thanks from all modes and congratulations

  40.   CARLOS OR said

    HELLO IN MY CASE WHEN I GIVE ADVANCED OPTIONS I DO NOT APPEAR THE OPTION TO TILD ME TO SHOW ME THE RECENT DOCUMENTS

  41.   Melano settles said

    Thank you very much friend, I needed to know this to activate it to a user who asked me.

    with love Afinca Melano

  42.   MONIKA said

    HELLO IN MY CASE WHEN I GIVE ADVANCED OPTIONS I DO NOT APPEAR THE OPTION TO TILD ME TO SHOW ME THE RECENT DOCUMENTS

  43.   ELIANA said

    LORD VINEGAR KILLER
    HELP ME PLEASE!
    I have an epson lq 1070+ esc / p2 printer and it does not print with any operating system. When doing the manual test it prints correctly.
    I appreciate your collaboration

  44.   Leydi Paola said

    thanks for the great trukitoo jijijijiji

  45.   jhubran said

    What to do in the event that "Show recently opened documents" does not appear that you reflect in step # 3? I have tried to do it using gpedit.msc but I cannot see any of the files that have been used ...

  46.   midminguez said

    Thanks for the input. I was looking for this information for a long time.

  47.   ROBERT CASTLE said

    From this article, it would be necessary to note where we can find the exact location of the containing folder, since it is not always located where you tell us, or somehow I do not have it. It was always easy for me to find this folder, but now that I format the machine, I no longer find it. I hope you can tell me what I could do to make it appear in my root directory, since the user folder is not there either.

    Greetings and thanks in advance.

  48.   Victor said

    Hello, it happens that I had a cd of photos of my vacations, and I wanted the bad luck that it disappeared, but the photos were in the registry, that is to say in HOME -> DOCUMENTS, there are all the photos, or most, and I think that I can recover them, when I click on one of those photos it asks me to insert a disk in drive E (that is, to insert my lost cd), but my question is, can I see the photos that are in START -> DOCUMENTS without putting the cd that I obviously missed ??, thanks

  49.   DavidBest said

    Waoooooooooooooooooooo !! I do not know why I feel frustrated since Daviid is not here! Things Have Changed ..

    So good.Your scent Vinegar. But, I think it's a bit of a shit that you explain something so elementary that a 5-year-old can do it just by reading and looking a bit.

    Some then wonder what you are doing here "gilipoyas" if it is so elementary hahaha ps yes it is elementary and I go to the web looking for forums or webs to leave my comment about what I think.
    Whoever doesn't like to fuck it ^, ^

    Dev.

  50.   DavidBest said

    Victor I am not an expert on the subject. but I think that in your case yes, you lost the cd and your pc does not keep a copy of the files you will not be able to see the photos = '(..

  51.   carolina said

    hey thank you so much for this trick it was the best, because my brother was going to kill me ...

  52.   Pancho said

    Hello Vinegar, today I saw your site and I wanted to ask you and basically tell you that that option does not appear to me, it is more after the first options only a gray bar appears as my version of XP does not have a doc. recent
    Windows XP Colossus. (SP3)

  53.   Ruben said

    You have to edit the windows registry, for this we open the regedit (from the start menu, run, regegit)

    Let's go to the following key in the windows registry:
    MODIFY IN REGISTRATION FOR XP COLOSUS

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER Microsoft Windows Software CurrentVersion Policies Explorer

    There we are going to modify the parameters of the keys in this way:
    'NoRecentDocsHistory' —–> is in «1» we change it to «0»
    'NoRecentDocsMenu' ——-> is in «1» we change it to «0»

    We restart the pc, and the recent documents folder appears again in the start menu 😀

  54.   river said

    excellent your tutorial helped me a lot thanks

  55.   jose said

    thanks for the help with the subject of recent documents in the start menu.

    It was very helpful to me.

  56.   DJ said

    Excuse me, my curiosity is that if there is any way to configure the recent documents so that they only save "docs.de word" and not others like music and videos..etc. Thanks in advance.

  57.   eddy said

    Thank you very much for the explanation vinegar with graphics and indications is easier ok

  58.   Francisco said

    Good thanks a lot for the information, but I try to do those steps and the option to enable recent documents does not appear. When I do the above, I get to the Advanced Options tab, and I only get the option or the "Recent Startup Items" box and not the bottom part. Thank you..!!!

  59.   hacker! said

    What's up, this trick is good, but um, I don't see that option to put the recent documents, how can I do it?

  60.   YOESLIN said

    HELLO VINAGRE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT I DON'T GET THE OPTION TO SHOW THE RECENTLY OPENED DOCUMENTS… I DID ALL THE STEPS YOU SAY BUT WHEN I REACHED ADVANCED OPTIONS THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO ME AND I DON'T KNOW…. HELP ME PORFISSS

  61.   sandra said

    hello I have the same problem as yoeslin, that option does not appear. if you can give me another option thank you very much

  62.   Edna said

    Those who do not see the option of 'recent documents'
    most likely they have selected the second option of the Start Menu, that is, 'Classic Start Menu'. If they change it to the first option as shown in the second window of the mini tutorial, there they must follow the instructions.
    After that, they can go back to the menu they were used to.

  63.   Maria Elena Zidar said

    Great explanation !!! I made it 🙂 thanks

  64.   Yajaira said

    Hi there; Really Thanks !! It has helped me today, I did not know how to find my recent documents.

  65.   Paola Munoz said

    Hello:
    Another way to see recent documents is by following the following Path
    C: Documents and Settings and your Recent username, if this folder is not visible you go to the Folder Control Panel Verify tab you can show all hidden files and folders - >>> you accept and that's it