Every time you access a file or folder in Windows, it’s added to a list. But do you know how to access this list? It’s easy. Very easy.<\/p>\n
Open a Run dialog by holding down the Windows Key and tapping the “R” key. Type And you’ll see a long list of files you’ve accessed recently. Mine go all the way back to 3 weeks ago, which was the time I cleaned my computer using the CLEANMGR command which you an also run from a Run dialog.<\/p>\n Windows 10 users will notice also that a list of recently accessed files and folders appears in File Explorer > “Quick Access”.<\/p>\n If you want to clear this list of recently access files and folders, do this:<\/p>\n Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog.<\/p>\n Type So now you know how to see what files and folders have been recently accessed on your computer. And how to clear them. I always love to do this with EB’s computer. You should see the stuff she looks at!<\/p>\n Attention Windows 7 users!\u00a0 You will see different dialogs, but the functionality is the same.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" See a List of Files You’ve Recently Accessed This tip works om Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 (all versions) Every time you access a file or folder in Windows, it’s added to a list. But do you know how to access this list? It’s easy. Very easy. Open a Run dialog by holding down the Windows\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1799,2065,1700,70,1788,1789,1746],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14247,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246\/revisions\/14247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}RECENT<\/code> in the Run dialog and press Enter or click “OK”.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/recent1.png\")
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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nControl Folders<\/code>\u00a0 in the run box to open Folder Options and click OK or press Enter. (Note: You can also use Control Panel \/ Folder Options or File Explorer \/ Options.)\u00a0 Under the General tab, under “Privacy”, next to “Clear File Explorer history” click “Clear”.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/clear-recent.png\")
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