In Win XT, how do I reset "recent documents" to see only used docs to two days before - no longer?

Question

My recent docs is currently set to "zero days". So it is useless: every time I reboot, the recent doc tab is emptied! I have no idea how I broke it (months ago) or how to fix it. Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

To prevent the document history from being cleared on every restart, you need to change the ClearRecentDocsOnExit registry value to 0.

1. Start -> Run
2. Type 'Regedit' and hit Enter
3. Registry Editor opens
4. in Regedit go to Edit->Search and search for ClearRecentDocsOnExit
5. set the value of this entry to 0
6. save you changes to the registry

If you don't like fumbling around in the registry you can alternatively use Microsoft's Tweak tool : http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe