Windows 10 recent items

[borax]

Ok, I have Windows 10 and have a very annoying problem!

On the taskbar, to the left, next to the search box, i had a shortcut for recent items. If i hovered the mouse over the icon (it looked like the file explorer icon) it would bring up a window showing all my recent files and i could navigate to them.

So, i accidentally deleted this and cannot get i back. Recent items still appears in my Quick access menu but i cannot create a shortcut in the task bar to get it back to how it was before, can anyone help???

[Lawrence]

Might help here

https://www.intowindows.com/fix-quic...in-windows-10/

[borax]

Might help here

https://www.intowindows.com/fix-quic...in-windows-10/

thanks for that, no help though. So, the recent files does appear in Quick access. I had a shortcut on the task bar, i could hover the mouse over it and a pop-up window would appear with my recents, its this thing i have deleted and i cant pin it back on the task bar

[Driftwood]

Make a Desktop Shortcut to the Recent Items Folder

Right-click on the desktop.
In the Context Menu, choose New.
Select Shortcut.
In the box, “type the location of the item”, enter %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\
Click Next.
Name the shortcut Recent Items or a different name if desired.
Click Finish.

[borax]

i did this already and have a shortcut on the desktop which works fine, however i cant drag this onto the taskbar. The person whos computer it is wants it back on the task bar (which lists the recents in a pop-up windowwhen the mouse is hovered over it), rather than a shortcut on the desktop

[Driftwood]

Go to google, type in "windows 10 send shortcut to taskbar"

[Koenig Tiger]

put this shortcut on your desktop as I have..... " %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\ "

[wainuitech]

Are you meaning Recent Items or Jump Lists ?

Have a read recent-items-frequent-places-windows-10-a.html

This may also be of interest remove-quick-access-navigation-pane-windows-10-a.html

[borax]

Looks like i have got a bit confused (not hard), it is in fact recent files i deleted off the task bar. And yes, it is the jump list that i need back. When i got to quick access the recent files do appear there. I just need that transferred down to the task bar area, with the jump list working

[Bryan]

What happens when you right click the "quick access". You should get a drop down menu, select "pin to taskbar". job done.