Try Tools/Options/General. Check the Recently used file list checkbox,
and make sure the number of files to show is > 0
> I recently upgraded to Office2003 and the Recently Used file List option is
> greyed out and not available. How do I get it back??
MISAdmin - 01 Dec 2004 13:27 GMT
Thank you but as I stated in my Q, the option is greyed out
> Try Tools/Options/General. Check the Recently used file list checkbox,
> and make sure the number of files to show is > 0
>
> > I recently upgraded to Office2003 and the Recently Used file List option is
> > greyed out and not available. How do I get it back??
Are you running TweakUI?
If so, you may have disabled the MRU lists by unchecking "maintain document
history list" under the Explorer tab.
Read more potential causes here..........
http://groups.google.ch/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=%23OB7jndUBHA.2008%40tkms
ftngp07
Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>I recently upgraded to Office2003 and the Recently Used file List option is
>greyed out and not available. How do I get it back??
MISAdmin - 01 Dec 2004 13:35 GMT
Thanks but I find no Explorer tab" anywhere in Excel. I am not running tweak
UI, all I did was upgrade from Off 2000, I had set the Recently Used File
list to the max, 9.
MisAdmin
> Are you running TweakUI?
>
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> >I recently upgraded to Office2003 and the Recently Used file List option is
> >greyed out and not available. How do I get it back??
MISAdmin - 01 Dec 2004 13:53 GMT
Ok, I followd the link you provided and made a change to the registry as the
article explained. That allowed the option in Excel to be available but
still no recently used Excel files would show up. So I went back to the same
place in the registry and changed all the keys that referenced file displays
and now it works. I appreciate the link as I was able to get back something
that MS took away.
Thank you for your help.
MISAdmin
> Are you running TweakUI?
>
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> >I recently upgraded to Office2003 and the Recently Used file List option is
> >greyed out and not available. How do I get it back??