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"Recent places" seems to have disappeared from Windows 7 - help!

Anonymous
2016-01-18T04:42:43+00:00

Until very recently, when I opened Windows Explorer there was a "Recent places" link under "Favorites".  If I clicked it, I got a long list of folders from which I had recently opened items.  Suddenly this has disappeared.  I've been searching help files, and Google - found the Users[username]\Recent folder - but that is not what I'm talking about.

Is it possible to get this back?  Pretty please?  It was TREMENDOUSLY useful to me!

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-18T08:41:38+00:00

    In Windows Explorer right-click on Favorites

    and then click on Restore favorite links

    Cheers,

    J

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-19T09:32:08+00:00

    You're welcome, Martha.

    Recent places and Recent items are more or less the same.

    The **hidden system folder** Recent Items is located at:

    C:\Users(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items

    OR

    %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items

    Source + more info here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2013-recent-items-turn-off.html

    Please also read: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10357/add-your-own-folders-to-favorites-in-windows-7/

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10357/add-your-own-folders-to-favorites-in-windows-7/

    http://www.howtogeek.com/71528/stupid-geek-tricks-add-apps-to-the-windows-7-explorer-favorites-list/

    Other great Windows Explorer tips here:

    Best Windows 7 Explorer Tips and Tricks

    More of the Best Windows 7 Explorer Tips and Tricks

    I hope that reading the above articles brings some light into the dark :)

    Greetings from one mere mortal to another mere mortal :)

    Cheers,

    J

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-19T00:42:05+00:00

    Yup, thanks, http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/profile/c49799c5-22c7-46ef-8cff-777559e640a3Jsssssssss - worked like a charm!  That must mean it was hiding somewhere all the time....is it possible for a mere mortal to know WHERE?

    I should also report that, after I posted this last night, I found that somehow I had managed to add the "Recent Items" folder I mentioned above - and it looked as if it was doing a fair job of pretty much the same thing, only it needed to be populated, seemed to be starting from scratch, not sure why.  (I did notice that about the same time I noticed it missing, I found a mysterious shortcut for it on my desktop but it seemed to be empty - maybe I had accidentally dragged it off the Windows Explorer menu onto the Desktop, and that's why it disappeared???

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-19T18:36:05+00:00

    You're welcome, Mere Mortal No. 1 :)

    Wishing you a good day or evening (depending on your time-zone)!

    Cheers,

    Mere Mortal No. 2

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-19T18:25:44+00:00

    Thanks again, Mere Mortal.  I think I can safely mark this thread "Answered" - but I learned y'day that I have to make my replies FIRST!

    -Mere Mortal

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