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Enable maximum number of shortcuts in recent documents option of start menu.

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

Tweak for : 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 or logoff, changes take effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

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

Key Type :

Current User

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.

Maximum number of recent documents shortcuts is limited to 5.

Default number of recent documents shortcuts is 15.

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

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\], right-click in the open area to create a new DWORD value "MaxRecentDocs".

Third, right-click on the "MaxRecentDocs" DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the desired decimal value in the 'Value Data' field and click on 'OK'.