Two Questions

1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

On this PC they are vertical, but many more added. (No question here,
since this PC is older. )

W. eWatson has written on 5/22/2014 3:18 PM:
1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

On this PC they are vertical, but many more added. (No question here,
since this PC is older. )


Where do you see these?

W. eWatson wrote:

1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

Right click the start menu, properties, customise, scroll down and tick
"recent items"

W. eWatson wrote, On 5/22/2014 3:18 PM:
1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

On this PC they are vertical, but many more added. (No question here,
since this PC is older. )
1. Fans out on the Start Menu when enabled in the Start Menu properties
2. ? (Can you provide a pic)


--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

W. eWatson wrote:
2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

Try menu item 'View: List' (or 'View: Details').

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

....winston wrote:
W. eWatson wrote, On 5/22/2014 3:18 PM:
1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

On this PC they are vertical, but many more added. (No question here,
since this PC is older. )
1. Fans out on the Start Menu when enabled in the Start Menu properties
2. ? (Can you provide a pic)



The tinypic.com site requires no registration. Simply locate
a GIF or a JPG of the screen, upload it. The website uses
a Captcha to prevent spamming. Once the "links" page appears
after the image is uploaded, extract that link and post it
in a message here.

This example, shows the web page as it might appear to others.
Right-clicking the main image in the lower right and
select "View Image" can remove the extraneous decoration.
This would be the link copied from the "links" page after
an upload.

http://i60.tinypic.com/69gmtw.gif

Naturally, if you have NoScript, Javascript turned off,
you might see something different than I do. The picture
itself though (as long as it appears), should look the
same to you as it does to me.

Other photo sharing sites require the user to set up
an account. ImageShack.us used to be account-free,
but switched to a "facebook user ID" account method.
At which point I promptly dropped them. The nice
thing about ImageShack, is I could submit simply
huge pictures. Pictures that looked like a film strip.
Tinypic is for "tiny pictures".

Paul

On 5/22/2014 12:50 PM, ...winston wrote:
W. eWatson wrote, On 5/22/2014 3:18 PM:
1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

On this PC they are vertical, but many more added. (No question here,
since this PC is older. )
1. Fans out on the Start Menu when enabled in the Start Menu properties
2. ? (Can you provide a pic)


How can I provide a pic?

On 5/22/2014 12:32 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
W. eWatson wrote:

1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

Right click the start menu, properties, customise, scroll down and tick
"recent items"

Did that but it didn't appear. Maybe I need to reboot.

On 5/22/2014 3:17 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
On 5/22/2014 12:50 PM, ...winston wrote:
W. eWatson wrote, On 5/22/2014 3:18 PM:
1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

2. On the same PC, I see a folder construction that looks like

Wayne - me
AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches

Why horizontal? Can I make them vertical?

On this PC they are vertical, but many more added. (No question here,
since this PC is older. )
1. Fans out on the Start Menu when enabled in the Start Menu properties
2. ? (Can you provide a pic)


How can I provide a pic?
I'll pass one tinypic. Too much walking between computers.
My description was a bit off.

Favorites
Desktop
Downloads AppData Contacts Desktop ... Searches
OneDrive
Recent Places

On 5/23/2014 8:28 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
On 5/22/2014 12:32 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
W. eWatson wrote:

1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

Right click the start menu, properties, customise, scroll down and tick
"recent items"

Did that but it didn't appear. Maybe I need to reboot.

Right click on the start button; select properties; on the start tab,
click on customize; find "recent items" in the list & check it if it's
not already checked; click OK.

On 5/22/2014 4:39 PM, BobbyM wrote:
On 5/23/2014 8:28 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
On 5/22/2014 12:32 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
W. eWatson wrote:

1. I have a new PC Win 7. I don't see a Recent Items. Where did it go?

Right click the start menu, properties, customise, scroll down and tick
"recent items"

Did that but it didn't appear. Maybe I need to reboot.

Right click on the start button; select properties; on the start tab,
click on customize; find "recent items" in the list & check it if it's
not already checked; click OK.

That's exactly what I do. The check mark disappears.

Recent Item now works.

On Fri, 23 May 2014 16:43:39 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote:

Recent Item now works.

Thanks for that eloquent and detailed explanation of what you did to fix it.
The next person to come along with the same question should be easily able
to follow in your footsteps now.

--

Char Jackson

In message , Char Jackson
writes:
On Fri, 23 May 2014 16:43:39 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote:

Recent Item now works.

Thanks for that eloquent and detailed explanation of what you did to fix it.
The next person to come along with the same question should be easily able
to follow in your footsteps now.

Normally I'd agree with you, but in this case BobbyM's solution was
directly in line with Winker's, only three posts before it in the
thread.

(But to keep everyone happy, here's what he said: "Right click on the
start button; select properties; on the start tab, click on customize;
find "recent items" in the list & check it if it's not already checked;
click OK.")
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

The best way to achieve immortality is by not dying.

On Sat, 31 May 2014 17:33:03 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Char Jackson
writes:
On Fri, 23 May 2014 16:43:39 -0700, "W. eWatson"
wrote:

Recent Item now works.

Thanks for that eloquent and detailed explanation of what you did to fix it.
The next person to come along with the same question should be easily able
to follow in your footsteps now.

Normally I'd agree with you, but in this case BobbyM's solution was
directly in line with Winker's, only three posts before it in the
thread.

Thanks, John, but we don't all thread things the same way, so I have no idea
which posts you're referring to.

(But to keep everyone happy, here's what he said: "Right click on the
start button; select properties; on the start tab, click on customize;
find "recent items" in the list & check it if it's not already checked;
click OK.")

I guess you're assuming that this was the solution to Mr. Watson's issue,
which may or may not be the case. Thanks for reposting it, just in case.

--

Char Jackson