Windows 8 Recent Documents

Question

how do I get "recent documents" menu to show on my start menu in Windows 8?

Answer 1

Hi Rick,

Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft Community!

After going through your description, it appears that you need information to browse recently opened documents, follow this post to place the recent documents or items on the Windows 8 Start Screen.

 Press Windows key + R key in combination to display the ‘Run’ dialog box. In it, type recent and click ‘OK’.

File Explorer will open at the following location: C: /Users/<Username>/Recent. Here, you can find all your recent activities such as different files or folders accessed.

Now, since the ‘Recent Places’ folder is visible to you, pin it to the ‘Start Screen’ and access it whenever you want to look for your most recent documents. But to do it, first open the explorer again. Press Ctrl+F1 simultaneously to expand the Ribbon.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need any help with Windows, we'll be happy to assist you!

Answer 2

When trying to do this, I get the error message 'Windows cannot find 'recent''. Why, why why is Microsoft making life difficult in these ridiculous ways???