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Unable to add documents to My Recent Documents

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Gary V

Flightless Bird
Hello,
Any suggestions as to how to fix "My Recent Documents"? No new documents add
to the folder and it remains persistently empty. I get an "Access denied"
message when attempting to go to customizing the Start menu advanced tab.
 
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LD55ZRA

Flightless Bird
Are you Right-Clicking on the Start Button and then selecting Properties
from the list?

If you select Properties then You need to select Customize from Start
Menu Tab. Then from Advanced Tab you should ensure there is a TICK next
to "List my Most Recently Opened Documents".

hth


Gary V wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Any suggestions as to how to fix "My Recent Documents"? No new documents add
> to the folder and it remains persistently empty. I get an "Access denied"
> message when attempting to go to customizing the Start menu advanced tab.
 
R

Richard in AZ

Flightless Bird
Have you changed the name of the User?
If the computer was setup with a user "Owner" as done by a number of pre-loaded systems, and the
name is changed to "Gary", then you lose the 'my recent documents' feature.

"Gary V" <Gary V@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:186F8DAD-F696-4A2A-B8A3-35B0FD9E775F@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> Any suggestions as to how to fix "My Recent Documents"? No new documents add
> to the folder and it remains persistently empty. I get an "Access denied"
> message when attempting to go to customizing the Start menu advanced tab.
 
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Gary V

Flightless Bird
Yes, that has all been done. Inb fact, I have tried unticking, applying and
re-ticking to see if it changes the state of the folder. When I go to the
hidden folder in Documents and Setttings under my user name, I am denied
acess to the folder but can see no way of re-enabling acccess. Perhpas if I
tried it in safe mode?
Thanks

"LD55ZRA" wrote:

> Are you Right-Clicking on the Start Button and then selecting Properties
> from the list?
>
> If you select Properties then You need to select Customize from Start
> Menu Tab. Then from Advanced Tab you should ensure there is a TICK next
> to "List my Most Recently Opened Documents".
>
> hth
>
>
> Gary V wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Any suggestions as to how to fix "My Recent Documents"? No new documents add
> > to the folder and it remains persistently empty. I get an "Access denied"
> > message when attempting to go to customizing the Start menu advanced tab.

> .
>
 
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Gary V

Flightless Bird
No, I have been using the computer in XP fashion (it was downgraded from
Vista) for 6 months without any such problem and then spontaneously this
problem seemed to occur without a User name change.

"Richard in AZ" wrote:

> Have you changed the name of the User?
> If the computer was setup with a user "Owner" as done by a number of pre-loaded systems, and the
> name is changed to "Gary", then you lose the 'my recent documents' feature.
>
> "Gary V" <Gary V@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:186F8DAD-F696-4A2A-B8A3-35B0FD9E775F@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> > Any suggestions as to how to fix "My Recent Documents"? No new documents add
> > to the folder and it remains persistently empty. I get an "Access denied"
> > message when attempting to go to customizing the Start menu advanced tab.

>
>
> .
>
 
E

Elmo

Flightless Bird
Gary V wrote:
> Hello,
> Any suggestions as to how to fix "My Recent Documents"? No new documents add
> to the folder and it remains persistently empty. I get an "Access denied"
> message when attempting to go to customizing the Start menu advanced tab.


Go here, click "P" and scroll down to the "Permission Denied" area.
That might help set the permissions and fix the other problem too.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

And here's a MSKB search on the subject:

http://support.microsoft.com/search...log=LCID=1033&1033comm=1&ast=25&ast=28&res=20

--
Joe =o)
 
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