Visual Studio 2022 Recent projects and solutions always empty

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Visual Studio 2022 Recent projects and solutions always empty

moris27 56

Using VS 2022 community,if I create/open projects,Recent projects and solutions menu is always empty
Am I missing something?

thanks

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-12-13T02:48:00.867+00:00

Hi @moris27 ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Please close all instances of Visual Studio and update your VS to the latest version through Visual Studio Installer.
Then, create a new project and check if the situation disappears or not.

If it persists, please go to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE” and run the command line: devenv.exe /resetuserdata to try again.

Sincerely,
Anna
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moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-13T07:34:04.607+00:00

Hi
Vs 2022 is updated
I run devenv.exe /resetuserdata , after I create a new project I can see the list populated, If I restart VS,then list goes empty

thanks
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-12-14T09:54:04.79+00:00

Dear customer, could you tell me if your VS is logged in after restartng? Have you installed other versions of VS on your computer?
moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-14T09:56:35.8+00:00

Hi
yes,VS is logged in after restart
I have also VS 2019 installed
moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-15T13:17:40.593+00:00

I've uninstalled VS2019,run again devenv.exe /resetuserdata but the same problem:list is empty

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-12-13T02:48:00.867+00:00

Hi @moris27 ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Please close all instances of Visual Studio and update your VS to the latest version through Visual Studio Installer.
Then, create a new project and check if the situation disappears or not.

If it persists, please go to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE” and run the command line: devenv.exe /resetuserdata to try again.

Sincerely,
Anna
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moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-13T07:34:04.607+00:00

Hi
Vs 2022 is updated
I run devenv.exe /resetuserdata , after I create a new project I can see the list populated, If I restart VS,then list goes empty

thanks
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-12-14T09:54:04.79+00:00

Dear customer, could you tell me if your VS is logged in after restartng? Have you installed other versions of VS on your computer?
moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-14T09:56:35.8+00:00

Hi
yes,VS is logged in after restart
I have also VS 2019 installed
moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-15T13:17:40.593+00:00

I've uninstalled VS2019,run again devenv.exe /resetuserdata but the same problem:list is empty

Answer 1

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @moris27 , do you have a group policy setting on your computer or not?
Please try the following:

Run you Registry Editor as administrator
Open the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
find the ‘NoRecentDocsHistory’ value
Double-click on it to Change the value data from 1 to 0.
re-launch your VS and check if the recent projects show or not.

moris27 56 Reputation points

2021-12-21T13:16:01.22+00:00

Hi,now it is working so it is OS or VS problem?
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-12-22T02:00:48.997+00:00

Hi @moris27 , it is not a VS problem. It is a system-wide setting. Maybe you set it accidentally.
I will convert that comment to answer. If it helps, you can accept as answer, it will help other community members that have similar issues.
Have a nice day!
Gabriel Celestino 15 Reputation points

2023-01-12T11:17:51.7766667+00:00

Hi there!
I tried to do this but my Policies folder is empty. There's no Explores subdirectory there.
How can I solve that?

Thanks!

Answer 2

LeonardoWintrich 1

No meu nao funcionou.
Nao existe a pasta explorer dentro de policies. Como devo proceder?

Gabriel Celestino 15 Reputation points

2023-01-12T11:18:41.8133333+00:00

O mesmo para mim. Conseguiu resolver?
Paulo Artur Morganti Junior 0 Reputation points

2023-02-08T00:36:14.2366667+00:00

Tenta alterar as variáveis de sistema. Coloquei o caminho do C:\Program Files\dotnet\ acima do C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\ e funcionou.
guillaume chapoutot 0 Reputation points

2023-08-07T17:32:48.4433333+00:00

Same Problem too : \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies haven't Explorer Folders (W11)

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