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The "display recent document" feature is missing but only for Excel 2013

January 13, 2014 2:13:28 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

For the past several weeks, I have noticed that the "display recent document" feature is missing but only for Excel 2013.  It is working properly for Word 2013 and PowerPoint 2013:  

How can I enable “Recent Documents” for Excel?


I am currently running the latest stable version, 1.31 on Windows 8.1 x64.  I have re-installed Start8 and re-booted several times.

Start8 is configured is set to show recently used apps: Under “Which shortcuts do you want on the right hand side?” “Recent Items” are set to “Display as menu.”

The OS is set for collecting that data: Under the “Taskbar and Navigation properties” both “Store recently opened programs” & “Store and display recently opened items in Jump Lists” are enabled (i.e., both are checked).

Excel is configured to show 15 “Recent Workbooks.”

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Reply #1 January 13, 2014 2:18:09 PM
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If you open excel and right click on the taskbar button for it, are you getting recent documents for it listed?

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Reply #2 January 16, 2014 11:53:58 AM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 1

If you open excel and right click on the taskbar button for it, are you getting recent documents for it listed?

I am using Office 365. If I open excel, click on the "File" tab and click on "Open," recent documents are listed,

It might be useful for me to post a screen shot of the problem. Can you tell me how to do that?

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Reply #3 April 29, 2015 7:36:52 PM
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I'm having the same problem. Using 1.45 version.
All the aplications on menu have the option that opens the recent files' window, except the Excel.
I mean, all of then have the little black triangle that calls the recent files' window, but Excel doesn't.
This is a bug? There's a solution for it?
(Sorry about my engligh, and thanks...)

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Reply #4 April 30, 2015 12:53:42 AM
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The problem that I described in my post of Jan.13, "The "display recent document" feature is missing but only for Excel 2013" has not been resolved.  But as you can see in the screen shot below, display recent documents is no longer functioning for ANY of the Office products.  As shown below, "Recent Items" is functional.

 

 

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Reply #5 April 30, 2015 12:55:45 AM
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OK, so it looks like embedding the screen shot did not work.

 

Any suggestions?

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Reply #6 April 30, 2015 8:54:30 AM
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Host the picture somewhere like imgur.com or photobucket.

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Reply #7 April 30, 2015 9:40:12 AM
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I have this problem at notebook. But I have another license of start8 running on my desktop pc, and in this machine the recent files menu appears and works fine. 

By the way, I'm using MsOffice 2013 and Win8 on both machines. 

So, it's a bug? There's a solution?

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Reply #8 April 30, 2015 9:45:55 AM
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Generally it means the shortcut isn't providing sufficient information for the OS to link it to the history list for the application.

This can happen if the shortcut is to something else which then launches the app.

If you right click and select properties on the non working shortcut what does it say the target is?  Likewise on the working machine, or on say Word if that one is working.

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Reply #9 May 1, 2015 11:16:13 AM
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On both machines, the links say:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE"
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\WINWORD.EXE"

 

The links work, I can open Word or Excel by clicking on the links. But Word link has the little triangle that opens the recent files window. Excel doesn't (at notebook. At PC it works perfectly).

Yesterday, I uninstalled Start8, and upgraded to 1.5v. Nothing changed.

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Reply #10 May 1, 2015 11:27:31 AM
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And I have some news...

I selected the "fix on task bar" option at Word and Excell icons on menu.

They disappeared from the menu and were fixed on task bar, as planned. But when I reverted the situation (returning the icons to the menu), the little triangle of the Word link disappeared. I opened some word files but the Word's recent files window has gone too!

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Reply #11 May 6, 2015 12:29:41 AM
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The problem that I described in my post of Jan.13, "The "display recent document" feature is missing but only for Excel 2013" has not been resolved.  But as you can see on the screen shot which is at http://i.imgur.com/zK9K8Ip.jpg, the "display recent documents" is no longer functioning for ANY of the Office products.  As can be seen on the screen shot, "Recent Items" is functional.

http://i.imgur.com/zK9K8Ip.jpg

On my desktop, Right click | properties | Target shows: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE"

On my laptop, where this function is working the Target is the same.



 

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Reply #12 May 6, 2015 9:02:51 AM
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Ok I got it. I will not have the solution, even if it exists for one of the computers. Good.
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Reply #13 May 9, 2015 8:23:16 AM
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By myself, I found a solution.

As I said in last posts, the problem is related with the "Fix in task bar" function. After choosing this option and cancelling it, the "recent files" option (that little black triangle next to the name of software in menu) for Excel and Word disapears from menu.

The solution is: Right click the Excel (or Word) icon and choose "Remove from this list" option. After this, open the Excel (or Word) by going to the Office submenu and clicking on the icon. This action bring the "little black triangle" back to the Excel (or Word) menu item, and now the recent files of that software is there for use.

Thanks, Lung_MD.

 

 

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Reply #14 May 17, 2015 8:23:15 PM
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The problem that I described in my post of Jan.13, "The "display recent document" feature is missing but only for Excel 2013" has not been resolved.  But as you can see on the screen shot which is at http://i.imgur.com/zK9K8Ip.jpg, the "display recent documents" is no longer functioning for ANY of the Office products.  As can be seen on the screen shot, "Recent Items" is functional.

http://i.imgur.com/zK9K8Ip.jpg

On my desktop, Right click | properties | Target shows: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE"

On my laptop, where this function is working the Target is also "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE."


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Reply #15 December 23, 2015 8:04:06 AM
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I had the same problem with Start10. All my Microsoft Office products showed a caret leading to recent files except Excel 2016.

The reason for this is shown in the Details tab of the Excel 2016.lnk properties.

For some unknown reason Excel is owned by  "Administrators" who never has any recent history hence the lack of a black triangle.

The fix is:

  1. Unpin you existing Start10 Excel buttons,
  2. Use Windows File Explorer to go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" and create a new short cut to Excel.exe. You can't save the short cut there so save it to the Desktop.
  3. Use Windows File Explorer to go to the Desktop and then copy the new Excel short cut.
  4. Use windows File Explorer to navigate to "C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu" and paste the Excel short cut there.

That's it.

Happy Christmas.

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