Tweak Library – Enable maximum number of shortcuts in recent documents option of start menu

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Enable maximum number of shortcuts in recent documents option of start menu (for all users)

This setting enables you the facility of making maximum number of shortcuts (default value is 15) in Recent Documents in Start menu.

Tweak for : Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you the facility of making maximum number of shortcuts (default value is 15) on Recent Documents in Start menu. Windows saves the recently used documents here by practice. You can change this number with your required input value.

For this, you have to make changes in the registry. Go to Start->Run and enter regedit and click OK. Search the key. Enter REG_DWORD value for MaxRecentDocs in right panel. Enter the value with the number of shortcuts required. Delete this entry for default value.

After restart, changes take effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Explorer

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

MaxRecentDocs

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Default value=15

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Number of shortcuts in ‘My Recent Documents’ link , visible in the Start menu can be increased.

Number of shortcuts in ‘My Recent Documents’ link visible in the Start menu can be increased.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\], key and create a new key with the name "Explorer" under "Policies".

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer],right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "MaxRecentDocs" in "Explorer" key.

Next, right-click on "MaxRecentDocs" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "" (Base Hexadecimal) without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.