The "recently used files list" option is greyed out

[dmh]

In MS Office 2003, the option to show recently used file in
tools-options-general is greyed out. The application won't let me click on
it. Has anyone run into this problem?

Thank you

 

[Luc]

Dmh,
I seem to remember that this is due to the fact TweakUI was used to suppress
the display of the MRU list on the Windows Start menu. Or possibly you are
using Word as your email editor for Outlook that also disables the MRU list.

 

[Jay Freedman]

TweakUI may or may not be involved, but it is an issue with a registry
key. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284896.

If you didn't use / don't have TweakUI, then you can fix it with
Registry Editor (regedit.exe). Go to the key listed in the article:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Double-click the NoRecentDocsHistory item in the right-hand pane and
set its value to decimal 0 or binary 00 00 00 00.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[dmh]

Thank you! I did do this in TweakUI but couldn't undo it from there and
wouldn't have had the nerve to go into the Registry on my own. This worked
perfectly, and easily.
Thank you.