Re: My Recent Documents Office 2003 SP1
From: TonynMI (TonynMI_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/16/04
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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:05:03 -0700
Finally got it to work. I had to use TweakUI and set the following under
Explorer: Allow Recent Document on Start and Maintain Document History.
However, Office 2003 does not show the most recent used files under the File
Menu as Office 2000 did.
Thanks Bob for your help.
"TonynMI" wrote:
> Bob: I did download TweakUI V2.10.0.0 and checked Allow Recent Documents on
> Start Menu. Then I rebooted (Power OFF.) After the reboot, I checked MS
> Office 2003 Excel and Word and neither of those applications allow me to use
> 'My Recent Documents' as an option. I am talking about the Left Hand Column
> with the Icons under Look In when I open Excel or Word. I even went to Tool
> Options, General
> and Recently Used File List and entries fields are both grayed out (not
> selectable?)
> Is there a specific Registry Entry that I can use Regedit to change to allow
> me to use 'My Recent Documents?'
> I even used the option in TweakUI to repair my registry.
> Any additional ideas to correct this problem?
> Another problem I am having is when I Customize Hide inactive Icons they
> only remain as I set them until I reboot and then they revert back to the
> previous settings. Example: I set 'You have new email' to Always Show. It
> remains as such, Always Show if I get new email, until I reboot then it goes
> back to Hide when inactive. I do use Apply, then OK.
> If you cannot help me with the above issues I do understand. Is there
> someone else or another site I should go to, to resolve these issues? Thanks
> again for your time and help. I greatly appreciate your help!
> TonynMI
>
>
> "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
>
> > Hi Tony,
> >
> > The greying out of that option usually comes from using
> > TweakUI or other brand registry adjuster that blocks the
> > Office apps from being able to set the 'recent documents'
> > choice registry setting, nothing to do with the Start menu.
> >
> > If you're using Windows XP you TweakUI is one of the MS
> > Powertoys available for download through
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx
> > and you can use it to check that setting previously mentioned.
> >
> > =====
> > <<"TonynMI" <TonynMI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:47640CDD-181C-44BD-AF6A-BA8CE7A41ACD@microsoft.com...
> > Bob: Thank you for your response. I do not believe that I was clear in my
> > question. So I will rephrase it hoping that you get a clearer idea of what I
> > really mean.
> > 1. No I do not use TweakUI or X-Teq. I think you were addressing Documents
> > on the Start Menu which I do not use at all.
> > 2. What I really want is - when I open MS Office 2003 Excel or Word - I
> > would like to see the last x files that I did previously open in that
> > specific application (Excel or Word.)
> > Right now, I do not even have 'My Recent Documents' as an option. I am
> > talking about the Left Hand Column with the Icons under Look In when I open
> > Excel or Word. I even went to Tool Options, General
> > and Recently Used File LIst and entries fields are both grayed out (not
> > selectable?)
> >
> > Any suggestions for this?
> > Thanks again, TonynMI <<
> > --
> > Let us know if this helped you,
> >
> > Bob Buckland ?:-)
> > MS Office System Products MVP
> >
> > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
> >
> > Office 2003 Editions explained
> > http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx
> >
> >
> >
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