I have windows 7 enterprise 32 bit with Visio 2010 standard. When I open Visio it appears in the recent programs list on the start menu, but no matter how many documents I open there are no recent documents displayed for Visio. The recent documents work for other programs, Word, Excel, Power Point, Notepad etc…. The jump lists for Visio and other application work fine. I have looked in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations for large files as in the fix for the jump lists, but there are no large files there. If I pin Visio to the Start menu the recent items menu appears, but if I unpin it the menu disappears. How can I get the recent documents to be listed like other applications?

Hi, After testing and researching, I found this is by design. Some applications will not automatically show the recent items without pinning it to the start menu. You may pin it to the start menu as a workaround. Also, I will report this to our related department. Thank you for your posting and understanding. Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I think is it odd that an application would be prevented from doing this when many other applications are allowed; but thank you for letting me know.