13th September 2000

Coming from the "Recent Redux" department, Lockergnomie Matthew Williams takes another route to document launching. You've seen the 'Documents' option sitting in your Start Menu by now. That's where the fifteen most recently accessed file shortcuts rest. That was the tip? Hardly; that was the set up. You can make your life a little easier by creating an entirely new toolbar. Right-click on your Taskbar, select TOOLBARS, then choose NEW TOOLBAR. When it comes time to designate a destination, browse to your Windows \ Recent folder and click OK. At this point, drag its leftmost handlebar as close as you can to the System Tray. The only word that you'll see at that point should be 'Recent' (with small double-arrows to the right of it). Go ahead and left-click those arrows. Aha! If you'd rather keep it more accessible, select the word 'Recent' with your left mouse button and drag it to an empty spot on your Desktop. Right-click on its title bar and tell it to stay ALWAYS ON TOP. For more fun, right-click in an empty toolbar area and select VIEW and LARGE for bigger icons -- then stick the bar to the right side of your screen by dragging and dropping it there.