Where are "Recent Documents"?

[rfdjr1]

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.

 

[R. C. White]

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.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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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[rfdjr1]

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".

 

[rfdjr1]

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.

 

[rfdjr1]

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.

 

[rfdjr1]

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.

 

[Gordon]

I used to religiously clean that out every day, sometimes several times a
day for security
reasons

Eh? SECURITY? WHY?

 

[Nil]

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.

 

[Tom Lake]

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

 

[relic]

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

 

[Ken Blake]

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.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

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...