Start Menu Most Frequently Used programs (MFU) list is empty
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmfu.htm

Using TweakUI

TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]

Registry settings for TweakUI tweaks:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer
Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Yes, allow recent docs
1 = No, do not allow recent docs

Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = No don't clear
1 = Yes clear them

Value Name: NoRecentDocsHistory
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Yes history
1 = No history
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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
deepkent hunted and pecked:
I am having the same problem - My Recent Documents suddenly stopped
updating itself, and I emptied it. Now it doesn't show anything, even
after I have opened a few documents. I have not selected "Clear recent
documents on reboot", and anyway, this is happening without rebooting.
I have trawled through TweakUI, as advised, and can find nothing about
Recent Documents there. Can you tell me where to find this provision
in TweakUI?

Thanks


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deepkent