[Me22]

I have Word 2007 and it insists on saving a recent word documents list
Even if I set the number to zero here

http://tipsforwordprocessing.com/word_2007_0004.html

Any ideas welcome

[TheOutcaste]

If you set it to one does it only display one file? What about two? Does the number change when you go back into the settings?

[md2lgyk]

I have the same issue. No matter what I set it to, the recent documents list reverts to the default when I close and reopen Word. And, oddly, the default seems to be something like 17 documents.

[DaveA]

I have NO problem of making changes within Word 2007.

Remember that these changes do NOT affect the "Recents" that are in the Start Menu, they will be listed there.

The only other thing I can think of, is that your settings are not being saved, because you are unis a "Limited" Windows account.

What type of Windows account do you use?

[Me22]

Mine goes back to 17 too md2lgyk

i am the administrator

It's driving me nuts lol

[TheOutcaste]

What OS are you running?
Are you using the Built In Administrator account, or just an account that is a Computer Administrator?
Any other accounts on the system?

[Me22]

I have vista.
I have the account that I created when I first had my computer

[slurpee55]

I think that a) the default is for 17 (lord knows why) and b) you have to set it to 0 for Word, Excel and Power Point. For more information (including a registry method) read here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...nd-powerpoint/

[TheOutcaste]

What Version of Vista? Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate?
Any other accounts on the system?
Does it work in Excel? Each Office program can be configured independently, and each user can have different settings. Even Standard Users should be able to configure this.

Click Start | Run (or press WinKey+R), type regedit, press Enter
Navigate to here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\File MRU

Right click the FileMTU key in the left pane and click Permissions.
These three items should be listed, and have both Full Control and Read checked in the Allow column. These checks will be greyed out:
System
Administrators
YourUsername
This entry should have only Read checked:
Restricted

Report any differences.

[slurpee55]

You might want to look at this neat little free add-in that can clean any selected or all of the Word MRU and allows you other control of it as well.
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

[Me22]

Comes up File MRU and permissions not there
Only a list of all docs its saved!

[TheOutcaste]

When you right click on FileMRU, the context menu does not have Permissions listed?
Or the Permissions for FileMRU dialog has no entries?

[Me22]

Originally Posted by TheOutcaste

What Version of Vista? Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate?
Any other accounts on the system?
Does it work in Excel? Each Office program can be configured independently, and each user can have different settings. Even Standard Users should be able to configure this.

Click Start | Run (or press WinKey+R), type regedit, press Enter
Navigate to here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\File MRU

Right click the FileMTU key in the left pane and click Permissions.
These three items should be listed, and have both Full Control and Read checked in the Allow column. These checks will be greyed out:
System
Administrators
YourUsername
This entry should have only Read checked:
Restricted

Report any differences.

Sorry did not RIGHT click
Yes it has only read checked Looks fine there

[TheOutcaste]

Just to double check, Restricted is the only one that should have only Read checked. The others should have both Read and Full control checked.

Have you run the Office Diagnostics?
Click the Office Orb | Word Options | Resources
Click the Diagnose button

Does this setting work in the other Office applications: Access, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint?

[dave0700]

mine works perfectly, just tried setting it to 0, it saves and removes the list, restarted, opened plenty of docs, works fine, no doc listed, i am on windows 7 ultimate and word is 2007 with latest updates applied