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Where are "Recent Documents"?

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rfdjr1@optonline.net

Flightless Bird
Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for security
reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.
 
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Bruce Chambers

Flightless Bird
rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
> religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for security
> reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.


Same place as they were in WinXP and Vista. Have you set your Start
Menu to stored recently opened items? Right-click the Task Bar >
Properties > Start Menu > Customize > Privacy.

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R. C. White

Flightless Bird
Hi, rfdjr1.

I'm not sure it's what you are looking for, but my Win7 shows "Recent Items"
on the Start Menu - in the right-hand column.

You may have this turned off. Right-click on the Start button, then choose
Properties | Start Menu. Scroll down to "Recent Items" and check the box.

If you really mean "Recent Documents", then that must be in some
application, not in the Windows 7 operating system itself. For example, in
Microsoft Word 2010, the File button menu has a "Recent" caption, which
expands to "Recent Documents" when clicked.

If you can be more specific, maybe we can help you find what you need.

RC
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Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for
security
reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.
 
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rfdjr1@optonline.net

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:24:30 -0600, Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t>
wrote:

>rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
>> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
>> religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for security
>> reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.
>
>
> Same place as they were in WinXP and Vista. Have you set your Start
>Menu to stored recently opened items? Right-click the Task Bar >
>Properties > Start Menu > Customize > Privacy.

Thanks. That works fine until I click on Customize and the menu of options opens
up. Nowhere in the list do I see the word "Privacy".
 
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rfdjr1@optonline.net

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 21:19:51 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote:

>Hi, rfdjr1.
>
>I'm not sure it's what you are looking for, but my Win7 shows "Recent Items"
>on the Start Menu - in the right-hand column.
>
>You may have this turned off. Right-click on the Start button, then choose
>Properties | Start Menu. Scroll down to "Recent Items" and check the box.
>
>If you really mean "Recent Documents", then that must be in some
>application, not in the Windows 7 operating system itself. For example, in
>Microsoft Word 2010, the File button menu has a "Recent" caption, which
>expands to "Recent Documents" when clicked.
>
>If you can be more specific, maybe we can help you find what you need.
>
>RC

Thanks. What I'm referring to is in WIndows XP, I;d click on the Start Button
and when the box ipened up above it, to the right it said "Documents". If I
clicked on that, it showed all documents, either Word documents, pictures,etc,
that I'd recently opened. In fact, I had a little executable file as an icon on
my desktop that I could double-click whenever I wanted to and it would clear out
that Documents folder. I see nothing like that in Windows 7.
 
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rfdjr1@optonline.net

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:24:30 -0600, Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t>
wrote:

>rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
>> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
>> religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for security
>> reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.
>
>
> Same place as they were in WinXP and Vista. Have you set your Start
>Menu to stored recently opened items? Right-click the Task Bar >
>Properties > Start Menu > Customize > Privacy.


Okay, in that list, while I don't see Privacy, I found a box called Recent Items
which I clicked and I now see it when I open the Start menu. It's over on the
right,. Now all I have to do is figure out how to delete them all at once. Right
now it appears I have to delete each one individually. I can't highlight more
than one at a time, like using Shift when I click. But it;'s a start, Thanks for
both replies.
 
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Frank

Flightless Bird
On 7/5/2010 10:41 PM, rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:24:30 -0600, Bruce Chambers<bchambers@cable0ne.n3t>
> wrote:
>
>> rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
>>> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
>>> religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for security
>>> reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.
>>
>>
>> Same place as they were in WinXP and Vista. Have you set your Start
>> Menu to stored recently opened items? Right-click the Task Bar>
>> Properties> Start Menu> Customize> Privacy.
>
> Thanks. That works fine until I click on Customize and the menu of options opens
> up. Nowhere in the list do I see the word "Privacy".

It's not in "Customize. It's under "Start Menu", below the Power button
action...you'll see "Privacy" with two boxes to place ticks in of your
choice. I have ticks in both.
HTH
 
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rfdjr1@optonline.net

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:55:40 -0700, Frank <fab@sd.crm> wrote:

>On 7/5/2010 10:41 PM, rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:24:30 -0600, Bruce Chambers<bchambers@cable0ne.n3t>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
>>>> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used to
>>>> religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for security
>>>> reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.
>>>
>>>
>>> Same place as they were in WinXP and Vista. Have you set your Start
>>> Menu to stored recently opened items? Right-click the Task Bar>
>>> Properties> Start Menu> Customize> Privacy.
>>
>> Thanks. That works fine until I click on Customize and the menu of options opens
>> up. Nowhere in the list do I see the word "Privacy".
>
>It's not in "Customize. It's under "Start Menu", below the Power button
>action...you'll see "Privacy" with two boxes to place ticks in of your
>choice. I have ticks in both.
>HTH

Beside Home, Professional and Ultimate are there different versions of Windows
7? I have nothing at all below the Shut Down button when I open the start menu.
I assume that;s what you mean by the Power button? Otherwise, I don't see a
Power button either.
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
<rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:d025361t47atn0nmgndple3jmrp0ndt874@4ax.com...
> I used to religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a
> day for security
> reasons

Eh? SECURITY? WHY?

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Nil

Flightless Bird
On 05 Jul 2010, rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote in alt.windows7.general:

> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept?
> I used to religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several
> times a day for security reasons and I can't find anything close
> to it in Windows 7.

In Vista they are in

C:/Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

Windows 7 probably uses the same location. They are all shortcuts to
the documents, not the actual documents themselves.

In Vista, if you right-click on "Recent Items" you can choose the
option "Clear Recent Items List". CCleaner can delete them semi-
automatically. You could write a batch file to do it.
 
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Tom Lake

Flightless Bird

> Beside Home, Professional and Ultimate are there different versions of
> Windows
> 7? I have nothing at all below the Shut Down button when I open the start
> menu.
> I assume that;s what you mean by the Power button? Otherwise, I don't see
> a
> Power button either.

Don't open the Start Menu. Right click on the Task Bar.
Then click properties. Click the Start Menu Tab.
There will be a Privacy section in the window that
opens.

Tom Lake
 
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relic

Flightless Bird
<rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:d025361t47atn0nmgndple3jmrp0ndt874@4ax.com...
> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept? I used
> to
> religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a day for
> security
> reasons and I can't find anything close to it in Windows 7.

C:/Users\rfdjr1\Recent
 
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Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:47:22 -0400, rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:

> Beside Home, Professional and Ultimate are there different versions of Windows
> 7?



There is no edition called simply "Home." There are "Home Basic" and
"Home Premium." There are also Starter and Enterprise.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 07:25:09 +0000 (UTC), Nil wrote:

> On 05 Jul 2010, rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote in alt.windows7.general:
>
>> Where are the documents that were recently opened and viewed kept?
>> I used to religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several
>> times a day for security reasons and I can't find anything close
>> to it in Windows 7.
>
> In Vista they are in
>
> C:/Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
>
> Windows 7 probably uses the same location. They are all shortcuts to
> the documents, not the actual documents themselves.

Yes, it's the same in my Vista HP, except "Recent" reads "Recent Items"
here.

> In Vista, if you right-click on "Recent Items" you can choose the
> option "Clear Recent Items List". CCleaner can delete them semi-
> automatically. You could write a batch file to do it.

The same in my Vista HP (I didn't know about that!), and that option is
also present if you right-click "Recent Items" in the start menu...

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