My Recent Documents - Edit

I'm running XP w/SP2

I want to increase the length of time that documents appear in "My Recent
Documents" on the Start Menu. How do I edit this time frame?

Thank you

ff999 wrote:
> I'm running XP w/SP2
>
> I want to increase the length of time that documents appear in "My
> Recent Documents" on the Start Menu. How do I edit this time frame?

Not sure I understand. AFAIK - there is no time limit on "Recent
Documents". It (by default) stores 15 of your last opened items. Sometimes
I think a better name would be 'the last XX number of things I opened". You
can change how MANY things it stores - up to a point.

Change Number of Items in 'My Recent Documents'
http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1584.html

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> ff999 wrote:
> > I'm running XP w/SP2
> >
> > I want to increase the length of time that documents appear in "My
> > Recent Documents" on the Start Menu. How do I edit this time frame?
>
> Not sure I understand. AFAIK - there is no time limit on "Recent
> Documents". It (by default) stores 15 of your last opened items. Sometimes
> I think a better name would be 'the last XX number of things I opened". You
> can change how MANY things it stores - up to a point.
>
> Change Number of Items in 'My Recent Documents'
> http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1584.html
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
> I am constantly opening documents through out the day. Sometimes all 15 documents appear in "My Recent Documents" and sometime only 3 or 4 appear. If 15 is the default then I must be inadvertently clearing the list somehow. I will
watch that for a while.

Thanks