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To cover the essentials, there are two things you should check within their profile.<br />
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First of all, right-click on the Start orb and select properties. &nbsp;Ensure that the box is checked in front of <b>Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu</b>, as seen below.<br />
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After that, click on the Customize button on the upper-right. &nbsp;On the bottom of the subsequent screen, ensure that there is a sufficient number selected for the <b>Number of recent programs to display</b>, also seen below.<br />
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&nbsp;<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/10_w41/510389/Start-Menu-Properties.jpg" target="_blank" title="Start Menu Properties (54 KB)"><img alt="Start Menu Properties" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 414px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/10_w41/510389/Start-Menu-Properties.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/10_w41/510390/Start-Menu-Customize.jpg" target="_blank" title="Start Menu Customize (61 KB)"><img alt="Start Menu Customize" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 393px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/10_w41/510390/Start-Menu-Customize.jpg" /></a>
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He has all of them. Regarding the second pic he has 30/60
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He has his recent programs set to thirty (a.k.a. the maximum)? &nbsp;Try setting it back down to the default number of ten, unchecking <b>Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu</b>, acknowledging the OK box, rebooting and then re-checking the option. &nbsp;Hopefully this will reset the capability.
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I just found the same article and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the info as well.
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That's good to hear! &nbsp;Which action actually fixed the problem: &nbsp;using the <b>Customize -&gt; Use Default Settings</b> button, or did you actually need to terminate and restart the <b>Explorer.exe</b> process?
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IT_Fanatic, any feedback? &nbsp;Thanks in advance.
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I have a user who for some reason no program will shows on his start menu for recently open items. It user to work and now for no reason no program will display there. Any ideas on how to fix this? I dont want to create a new user profile and have to redo everything.<br />
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This is for windows 7 ultimate 64bit<br />
Thanks
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I have a user who for some reason no program will shows on his start menu for recently open items. It user to work and now for no reason no program will display there. Any ideas on how to fix this? I dont want to create a new user profile and have to redo everything.

This is for windows 7 ultimate 64bit
Thanks

recently open programs no longer display on start menu

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.