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Can recent "Documents" entries be locked?
Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start
menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Odds are, the phrase "It's none of my business" will be followed by "but". |
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Can recent "Documents" entries be locked?
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) So why not create a new toolbar in the Windows taskbar that has shortcuts to your favorite documents? Or put a shortcut on your desktop? Or create a folder on your desktop with shortcuts to your favorite documents? Why not create a special Favorites folder in your My Documents folder that you can then easily navigate to using Start menu - Documents - My Documents - Favorites? |
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In message , VanguardLH
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) So why not create a new toolbar in the Windows taskbar that has I have a strong aversion to extra toolbars. shortcuts to your favorite documents? Or put a shortcut on your desktop? Or create a folder on your desktop with shortcuts to your I said "I know I could make shortcuts" - you've even quoted me saying so! favorite documents? Why not create a special Favorites folder in your My Documents folder that you can then easily navigate to using Start menu - Documents - My Documents - Favorites? All of these I can do. I just find the "recent" list a useful facility, and wondered if there _is_ a way of locking entries in it (having been spoiled by being able to do something similar somewhere else). Incidentally, though I've just edited my "hosts" file, it doesn't appear in the "recent" list: is this because it doesn't have an extension (i. e. the recent list only picks up things with an automatic association)? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Live Faust, die Jung. |
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Can recent "Documents" entries be locked?
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:56:43 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , VanguardLH writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) So why not create a new toolbar in the Windows taskbar that has I have a strong aversion to extra toolbars. shortcuts to your favorite documents? Or put a shortcut on your desktop? Or create a folder on your desktop with shortcuts to your I said "I know I could make shortcuts" - you've even quoted me saying so! favorite documents? Why not create a special Favorites folder in your My Documents folder that you can then easily navigate to using Start menu - Documents - My Documents - Favorites? All of these I can do. I just find the "recent" list a useful facility, and wondered if there _is_ a way of locking entries in it (having been spoiled by being able to do something similar somewhere else). Under the heading of wacky, outlandish suggestions, how about creating a reg file that's loaded with the documents you want to see, then executing that reg file during every boot? (Since the list of recent docs is stored in the Registry.) During a Windows session, new items would be added to the list, but the next time you reboot your faves would be back. |
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Can recent "Documents" entries be locked?
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
VanguardLH writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) So why not create a new toolbar in the Windows taskbar that has I have a strong aversion to extra toolbars. What's the difference between a list of shortcuts in a toolbar versus the same list of shortcuts in a menu? With the toolbar, it's right there for immediate use. With a [sub]menu in the Start menu, you have to wade through it to get at the recent docs list. If you're concerned about consuming the Windows taskbar with toolbar(s) that get long with lots of shortcuts, you can always drag the toolbar to the right side of the taskbar or move a toolbar on the left up against the rightside of the target toolbar to make the target toolbar smaller in size. The minimum size of a toolbar, I think, is 3 shortcut icons. If you have shrunk the size of a toolbar to less than the number of shortcuts it has inside it, you'll see a chevron you can click on to popup a list of the remaining shortcuts. You can also drag around the shortcuts in a toolbar so they are listed in the order you want, so the most-used shortcuts can be at the left side of the toolbar (or at the top of the popup list when you click its chevron to see the hidden shortcuts). I have a toolbar for E-mail that has 11 shortcuts related to e-mail services or programs. It doesn't suck up an 11-icon width toolbar. I shrunk it down to show the 4 most used shortcuts. The other 7 are shown when I click on the toolbar's chevron. Unlike the Recent list, I can change the size of this toolbar to show as many or as few (min of 3) items as I want. Note: I do not use the bobble-head Fisher-Price version of the Start menu. Immediately after installation of Windows XP, I switch to the classic Start menu. From what I've seen using Google Images, the "My Recent Documents" list behaves the same for either style of the Start menu. The registry keys to alter how many *documents* (not apps) are listed in the Recent list a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explorer One is for the account under which you are logged in and the other is system-wide across all accounts. The DWORD data item you define under them is: MaxRecentDocs The default is 15 items. Increasing this count means you could display more recently used docs; however, that Recent list is still a list of recent docs, not a static list. FIFO: first in, first out. By having a longer list, it would be longer for a document to get moved out of this recently-used list but eventually it will get moved out. shortcuts to your favorite documents? Or put a shortcut on your desktop? Or create a folder on your desktop with shortcuts to your I said "I know I could make shortcuts" - you've even quoted me saying so! You said "I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to". That doesn't say WHERE you were creating those shortcuts. No one here is looking over your shoulder to see at what you are pointing. Without details, expect responses to duplicate what you've already tried. I was supposed to know those shortcuts were on your desktop? How? They could've been under Start - Documents - My Documents (since that's almost as easy a navigation in the Start menu as is Start - Documents under which the Recent list is shown). I mentioned using a folder on the desktop because, yeah, you could put shortcuts there, too, but no one would know that's what you meant. favorite documents? Why not create a special Favorites folder in your My Documents folder that you can then easily navigate to using Start menu - Documents - My Documents - Favorites? All of these I can do. I just find the "recent" list a useful facility, Therein is your problem. You note that you want to use the Most *RECENT* menu in the Start menu. Well, that's a list of recent entries. A document you opened 2 weeks ago probably won't be the most recent after you've been opening several docs since then. and wondered if there _is_ a way of locking entries in it (having been spoiled by being able to do something similar somewhere else). I didn't address the Recent list in the Start menu because, well, that's what it is for: most recently used documents. As I recall, there is a registry setting where you can change the count of items shown in the Recent list but they are still a FIFO list of recently opened documents. Because the Recent list is to show recently used documents, I figured having another means of providing a *static* list of documents would suffice. Incidentally, though I've just edited my "hosts" file, it doesn't appear in the "recent" list: is this because it doesn't have an extension (i. e. the recent list only picks up things with an automatic association)? I edited my hosts file using Notepad and, yep, there was no entry under the Recent list in the Start menu. I then created a new "testfile" file on my desktop (no extension on the file's name). I opened it in both Notepad and Wordpad. Still no entry in the Recent list. However, remember that the Recent list is a list of documents, not apps. Since there's no filetype for the file (because there's no extension), just what app would be used to load that file into it? With no extension on a file, and when you right-click and select the Open action, you'll notice that you get a list of handlers (apps) that might be used to view the file. Regardless of which one you pick to view the file, the option "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is disabled. That's because filetype association is based on the extension. If there's no extension then which app is going to load the listed document? You are selecting a *document* in the Recent list, not an application to open that file. That list doesn't pop open the "Open with" dialog to let you select which handler to use. The Recent list would be rather cumbersome if you had to wade through the "Open with" dialog to load the document into whatever handler you chose. It's cumbersome when doing it in Windows Explorer but then no extension means no idea what to use to load the file. You won't be able to use the Recent list in the Start menu for a list of static documents. That's not what it was designed to do. You won't see a list on non-extensioned files because those are documents for which no handler is associated with them. While you can't get exactly what you want, I don't see a big effort in navigating one more submenu in the Start menu: instead of Start - Documents, you'd navigate to Start - Documents - My Documents (in the classic Start menu). The cutsy bobble-head Start menu may not be similarly easy to use in which case you might consider switching to the classic Start menu (right-click on the Windows taskbar, Properties, Start Menu tab). |
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On 12/9/2011 3:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) Right-click each one you want to keep, and click "Pin to Start Menu". That'll move them above the "Recently Used" area into the Pinned area. -- Joe =o) |
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Elmo wrote:
On 12/9/2011 3:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) Right-click each one you want to keep, and click "Pin to Start Menu". That'll move them above the "Recently Used" area into the Pinned area. Which OS were you thinking of? This newsgroup discusses Windows XP, not Vista or 7. Right-click on what? Right-clicking on an entry already in the Recent list does not show a Pin entry in the context menu. In Windows Explorer when right-clicking on a file, there is no Pin entry in the context menu. There is no space in the cutsy Fisher-Price Start menu for pinned documents (and definitely no space for such in the classic Start menu). |
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In message , Char Jackson
writes: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:56:43 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [] All of these I can do. I just find the "recent" list a useful facility, and wondered if there _is_ a way of locking entries in it (having been spoiled by being able to do something similar somewhere else). Under the heading of wacky, outlandish suggestions, how about creating a reg file that's loaded with the documents you want to see, then executing that reg file during every boot? (Since the list of recent docs is stored in the Registry.) During a Windows session, new items would be added to the list, but the next time you reboot your faves would be back. Now that is the sort of (wacky or otherwise) suggestion that appeals to me. I don't think I'll bother, but it's the sort of lateral thinking I appreciate! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Live Faust, die Jung. |
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In message , VanguardLH
writes: [] What's the difference between a list of shortcuts in a toolbar versus the same list of shortcuts in a menu? With the toolbar, it's right there for immediate use. With a [sub]menu in the Start menu, you have to wade through it to get at the recent docs list. If you're concerned about consuming the Windows taskbar with toolbar(s) that get long with lots of shortcuts, you can always drag the toolbar to the right side of the taskbar or move a toolbar on the left up against the rightside of the target toolbar to make the target toolbar smaller in size. The minimum size of a toolbar, I think, is 3 shortcut icons. Well, either this extra toolbar would take up extra space on the screen, or, if crammed down to minimum, would still take up some space thus crushing something else. I think; different people mean different things by toolbar. But please read full post before responding (I may well have misunderstood what you've said above, as I don't use toolbars much). [] Note: I do not use the bobble-head Fisher-Price version of the Start menu. Immediately after installation of Windows XP, I switch to the classic Start menu. From what I've seen using Google Images, the "My Recent Documents" list behaves the same for either style of the Start menu. I too use the classic (as you say, soon after starting), though I don't share the hatred that many people here seem to have of the default one; in fact for many users (especially new users of the non-demanding type), I can see the intentions. The registry keys to alter how many *documents* (not apps) are listed in the Recent list a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Policies\Explorer One is for the account under which you are logged in and the other is system-wide across all accounts. The DWORD data item you define under them is: MaxRecentDocs Thanks. I've put that in in both (it wasn't there in either); I probably only needed one (I'm the only user here). The default is 15 items. Increasing this count means you could display more recently used docs; however, that Recent list is still a list of recent docs, not a static list. FIFO: first in, first out. By having a longer list, it would be longer for a document to get moved out of this recently-used list but eventually it will get moved out. I realise that. However, I've set it to 30, and I think that will cover most eventualities - the doc.s I have in mind I do use _reasonably_ often. (I'm assuming that using such a link actually "promotes" it in terms of its "recentness"; I'll find out, I guess.) shortcuts to your favorite documents? Or put a shortcut on your desktop? Or create a folder on your desktop with shortcuts to your I said "I know I could make shortcuts" - you've even quoted me saying so! You said "I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to". That doesn't say WHERE you were creating those shortcuts. No one here is looking over your shoulder to see at what you are pointing. Without details, expect responses to duplicate what you've already tried. I didn't say I was doing so, only that I know I could (-:! (Desktop was one place I thought of.) [] what it is for: most recently used documents. As I recall, there is a registry setting where you can change the count of items shown in the Er - you told me what it is earlier in the same post (-:! [] I edited my hosts file using Notepad and, yep, there was no entry under the Recent list in the Start menu. I then created a new "testfile" file on my desktop (no extension on the file's name). I opened it in both Notepad and Wordpad. Still no entry in the Recent list. However, remember that the Recent list is a list of documents, not apps. Since there's no filetype for the file (because there's no extension), just what app would be used to load that file into it? It would have been nice if it had been added to the recent list, and when selected, popped up the "what shall I open this with" dialogue, just as it does when I activate it from explorer; I don't see why that should be so offensive. (With, as you say, documents that do have extensions not popping up such a box when selected from the recent list.) [] kind of file" is disabled. That's because filetype association is based on the extension. If there's no extension then which app is going to load the listed document? You are selecting a *document* in the Recent list, not an application to open that file. That list doesn't pop open the "Open with" dialog to let you select which handler to use. The Recent list would be rather cumbersome if you had to wade through the "Open with" dialog to load the document into whatever handler you chose. I don't see why, however, it shouldn't pop up that dialogue just for entries without extensions. However, obviously someone at Microsoft decided not to add such files to the recent list, and since no further XP development is AFAIK going on, we're stuck with that. It's cumbersome when doing it in Windows Explorer but then no extension means no idea what to use to load the file. You won't be able to use the Recent list in the Start menu for a list of static documents. That's not what it was designed to do. You won't see See a later post. a list on non-extensioned files because those are documents for which no handler is associated with them. While you can't get exactly what you See above (re the non-extended documents). [I don't suppose the name of the hosts file - i. e. "hosts" - is stored somewhere in a registry key is it, so it could be changed (to one _with_ an extension)? (Come to think of it, that could also have security advantages too!)] want, I don't see a big effort in navigating one more submenu in the Start menu: instead of Start - Documents, you'd navigate to Start - Documents - My Documents (in the classic Start menu). The cutsy bobble-head Start menu may not be similarly easy to use in which case you might consider switching to the classic Start menu (right-click on the Windows taskbar, Properties, Start Menu tab). As I've already said, I did ages ago. (Though I've noticed Microsoft, when they call something "classic", actually only mean "the previous version" - not "a fixed version" ["classic" in Windows 7 {if the term is used there at all, I'm not sure} doesn't mean the same as it does in XP].) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Live Faust, die Jung. |
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In message , Elmo
writes: On 12/9/2011 3:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) Right-click each one you want to keep, and click "Pin to Start Menu". That'll move them above the "Recently Used" area into the Pinned area. Now that is exactly what I was looking for: a _simple_ way to say "that's a document I keep finding I want to access, can it please not drop off the list". Unfortunately - though I suspected as much as soon as I saw "pin" (or rather "Pin" - M$ are Obsessed With Capitalising Everything In Sight) - this is not available under XP. ("Pin" is a term 7's designers like.) However, the fact that someone decided to add it as a simple option in 7's interface shows that what I wanted wasn't something weird and quirky, but something presumably more than one other person (if only among M$'s developers) thought would be a good idea. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Live Faust, die Jung. |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Well, either this extra toolbar would take up extra space on the screen, or, if crammed down to minimum, would still take up some space thus crushing something else. I think; different people mean different things by toolbar. But please read full post before responding (I may well have misunderstood what you've said above, as I don't use toolbars much). The toolbar would take up some space for 3 icons and the chevron. The rest of what shortcuts there were in that toolbar would turn into a vertical popup when you clicked the chevron. The only toolbar you'd be crushing would be this one if it had more than 3 shortcuts. Whether it crushed something else in the taskbar depends on how you arrange your taskbar and how many toolbars are already there. To provide the most space for taskbar buttons for apps with windows, and to have a separate line for all my toolbars, my taskbar is 2 rows high: top line is for apps with taskbar buttons, bottom row is for toolbars and addressbar. You can also drag a toolbar out of the taskbar to position elsewhere on the screen. If you, for example, dragged out the "docs" toolbar to the right-side of the screen and docked it there, you'l have an entire toolbar just for doc shortcuts and it wouldn't be crushing anything in the Windows taskbar. VanguardLH said: instead of Start - Documents you'd navigate to Start - Documents - My Documents As I've already said, I did ages ago. My reply can only address your posts timestamped BEFORE my reply, not to posts that exist after my reply. Not in any of your prior posts did you mention using that nav path but then I don't see you mention using that nav path in any of your later posts, either. It's just 1 step away. You don't need to save the actual docs there, just the shortcuts you want to that static list for wherever are the actual doc files. |
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On 12/10/2011 5:21 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Elmo writes: On 12/9/2011 3:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) Right-click each one you want to keep, and click "Pin to Start Menu". That'll move them above the "Recently Used" area into the Pinned area. Now that is exactly what I was looking for: a _simple_ way to say "that's a document I keep finding I want to access, can it please not drop off the list". Unfortunately - though I suspected as much as soon as I saw "pin" (or rather "Pin" - M$ are Obsessed With Capitalising Everything In Sight) - this is not available under XP. ("Pin" is a term 7's designers like.) However, the fact that someone decided to add it as a simple option in 7's interface shows that what I wanted wasn't something weird and quirky, but something presumably more than one other person (if only among M$'s developers) thought would be a good idea. I don't know how I got it, but it's a context menu option in my XP, SP3. I thought it was from an XP update.. maybe not. -- Joe =o) |
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On 12/10/2011 5:21 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Elmo writes: On 12/9/2011 3:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) Right-click each one you want to keep, and click "Pin to Start Menu". That'll move them above the "Recently Used" area into the Pinned area. Now that is exactly what I was looking for: a _simple_ way to say "that's a document I keep finding I want to access, can it please not drop off the list". Unfortunately - though I suspected as much as soon as I saw "pin" (or rather "Pin" - M$ are Obsessed With Capitalising Everything In Sight) - this is not available under XP. ("Pin" is a term 7's designers like.) However, the fact that someone decided to add it as a simple option in 7's interface shows that what I wanted wasn't something weird and quirky, but something presumably more than one other person (if only among M$'s developers) thought would be a good idea. A Google search found this article on a registry hack to add the feature. There are also two files offered to add/remove the feature, in case you'd prefer not to edit the registry yourself. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...dows-vista-xp/ -- Joe =o) |
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On 12/10/2011 8:29 AM, Elmo wrote:
On 12/10/2011 5:21 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: In , Elmo writes: On 12/9/2011 3:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Is there a way to "lock" entries in the "Documents" list in the start menu, such that they don't get pushed out by opening other documents? I know I could make shortcuts to the documents I want to keep easy access to, but if there is a way, it'd be handy. (I'm prompted by the old Xtree Gold recent commands list, which _does_ [did, if you like] have such a facility.) Right-click each one you want to keep, and click "Pin to Start Menu". That'll move them above the "Recently Used" area into the Pinned area. Now that is exactly what I was looking for: a _simple_ way to say "that's a document I keep finding I want to access, can it please not drop off the list". Unfortunately - though I suspected as much as soon as I saw "pin" (or rather "Pin" - M$ are Obsessed With Capitalising Everything In Sight) - this is not available under XP. ("Pin" is a term 7's designers like.) However, the fact that someone decided to add it as a simple option in 7's interface shows that what I wanted wasn't something weird and quirky, but something presumably more than one other person (if only among M$'s developers) thought would be a good idea. A Google search found this article on a registry hack to add the feature. There are also two files offered to add/remove the feature, in case you'd prefer not to edit the registry yourself. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...dows-vista-xp/ What I do for such tasks is to create a folder anywhere (like the Start Menu, Desktop, or where ever). And then place shortcuts to my most often used docs in this folder. An extra benefit to this method, is you can also choose another application to open the file besides the default one. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0 Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7 |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
VanguardLH writes: The registry keys to alter how many *documents* (not apps) are listed in the Recent list a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explorer One is for the account under which you are logged in and the other is system-wide across all accounts. The DWORD data item you define under them is: MaxRecentDocs Thanks. I've put that in in both (it wasn't there in either); I probably only needed one (I'm the only user here). Let us know if it works. It does *not* work for me. I've changed all three values (there is one more place to change: Group Policy - User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Windows Explorer - Maximum number of recent documents) setting them all to 31 (hex 1f). The disappointing effect is, that if I do a flurry of document openings, the number rises to about 25, quickly drops to about 20, and on the next day is back to 15. It just doesn't stick. The default is 15 items. Increasing this count means you could display more recently used docs; however, that Recent list is still a list of recent docs, not a static list. FIFO: first in, first out. By having a longer list, it would be longer for a document to get moved out of this recently-used list but eventually it will get moved out. I realise that. However, I've set it to 30, and I think that will cover most eventualities - the doc.s I have in mind I do use _reasonably_ often. (I'm assuming that using such a link actually "promotes" it in terms of its "recentness"; I'll find out, I guess.) -- You'd be crazy to e-mail me with the crazy. But leave the div alone. * Whoever bans a book, shall be banished. Whoever burns a book, shall burn. |
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