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re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 7:00 am Posted by Ronald G Horowitz (1 messages posted) Having the same problem too, and it's repeatedly happening - damn annoying for me! This happened on my version of Vista Home Edition - anyone know how to fix it?? I've deleted "recent" folder from Users multiple times, but it always reverts back to what was in the screenshot linked below. This just doesn't seem to have a fix - well, unless anyone knows how to fix it... which I haven't had success with so far Ron On Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 2:33 pm, AN Other wrote: >My recent files in Vista won't clear. >See here: >http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1045/windowsvistamn4.jpg] > >I delete the "recent" folder, it reverts back to the Vista default but only for a >short time and then goes back to the above message - I have 7-Zip and TortoiseSVN >installed. > >I tried what was suggested elsewhere by deleting the recent folder to reset it, and >it did, but not for very long. > >It reverted back to the screenshot above, and no matter how many times I do it, will >not allow me to delete the recent files. > >Please can someone help me with this?? > >All advice appreciated > >Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 7:24 am Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted) Hello An Other and Ronald, Have you tried turning off (unchecking) the recent files and programs to see if that will clear it when you turn them back on afterwards.? http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72816-recent-items-list.html Hope this helps, Shawn There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 9:36 am Posted by AN Other (2 messages posted) I actually tried your suggestion, Shawn, but it didn't work for very long, it always reverted back to my screenshot here: http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1045/windowsvistamn4.jpg It works fine at startup, but always reverts to the above after a period of time. AN Other On Monday, March 3, 2008 at 7:24 am, Shawn wrote: >Hello An Other and Ronald, > >Have you tried turning off (unchecking) the recent files and programs to see if that >will clear it when you turn them back on afterwards.? > >http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72816-recent-items-list.html > >Hope this helps, >Shawn > There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10:00 am Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted) Ok An Other, See if this can fix the problem then. It might help. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/89631-recent-programs-not-being-remembered.html Shawn There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 2:14 pm Posted by AN Other (2 messages posted) I tried that fix but it didn't work... my recent files still comes up with what's shown here: http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9752/wtfhy8.jpg Still no luck solving this problem. AN Other [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Monday, March 3, 2008 at 3:04 pm Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted) AN Other, I must admit that I'm stumped since you already deleted them from the "C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items" location to. Sorry, Shawn There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Recent files won't clear in Vista - why?? Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 7:11 pm Posted by XP Pro Vista Newbie (1 messages posted) Try this, right click on the taskbar, click on the start menu tab, click the classic menu button. Click customize, hit the clear button. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum