Microsoft Office 10?

If you did any of these, it will clear your lists. Maybe one of these items is the culprit.

Excel and Word

Clearing the check box for recent documents removes the list.

Clearing the list of recent files removes the list.

And..changing the 25 set files to 0 will also clear the list.

You can also choose the (right click) command Clear Unpinned Documents to pretty much zero-out the entire list of documents.

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**To turn the feature back on, set the number to something other than zero, check the check box and update the list by opening the files again and resetting the pins.

If you have recently cleared cookies or content information, this will clear recent lists. If you have any type of software that cleans the registry errors and so on... typically it cleans recent item lists as well.

Also, you may want to check your Start and Task Bar Options. Yes, it is for Start and Task, but who knows, it may help. I have attached a photo.

Good Luck!

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