Change the number of Recent Document displayed

Windows mentain the list of all the documents accessed in recent past. This list is enumerated in start menu under "DOCUMENTS" link by default window mentain list of last 15 documents using first-in first out way. This tweak will allow you to change this number according to your need.

Operating System Windows 2000 / XP / 2003

• Open your registry
• go to one of the following location
  • For change to effect current user
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer

  • For change to effect all users
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer

• Create or modify if exists dword value called "MaxRecentDocs"
• Set Data as number of recent documents you want, but the data should in hexadecimal base
• restart or exit for setting to take effect

Setting this tweak will first clear the list. Minimum value to be set is 1, 0 has no effect