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Recently Used File List Unavailable In Word 2003

Posted by on May 13, 2005 | 7 Comments

Word 2003 (as well as the previous version of Word) displays a recently used file list. When you click the File menu within Word, you can see a list of documents you recently opened. It is a quick way of accessing files.

You can configure Word to display the recently used file list, as well as the maximum files to include in the list, by clicking Options from the Tools menu. From the General tab, place a check beside the Recently used file list option. You can then configure the number of files to display.

If you discover that this option is unavailable (greyed out), there may be a problem with one of the entries in the registry. To resolve the problem, click Start and click Run. Type regedit.exe and click OK. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer.

Double click NoRecentDocsHistory and change the value to 0.

  • RICHARD

    THANKS – PROBLEM SORTED!!!

  • Bruce Myers

    Thanks a million. Your advise worked like magic. I so appreciate the help on fixing the grayed out option on recently used files.

  • Freya

    Fantastic, fixed it in a jiffy :-)

  • Jalal Kazemi

    Your suggestion worked like a champ. Thanks a lot for making E-Life a little easier. You pick-up where Bill Gate leaves off. Thanks Again.

  • Riaz

    thanks guys problem sorted

  • Ella

    Awesome. I did it all by myself [with your help]. :D

    Thanks!!

  • Jim Rue

    I navigated to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, but there is no NoRecentDocsHistory to change the value to 0.

    I am using Windows XP pro with SP3.

    Thanx for any help.