Windows Explorer Jump-List stopped working
My Jump-List for Windows Explorer suddenly stopped working. I've tried to un-pin it, re-pin it, pin new folder locations, all of which does work - it just refuses to offer a jump-list of other folder locations.
Any ideas on how to get it working again?
October 11th, 2010 3:45am
Any error message?
How long had you been using it? and when did it stopped? do you recall what changes have you made before it stopped? have you tried system restore?CESabarre
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October 11th, 2010 11:49am
No error message.The pinned items just don't show any more. The only options that do show are:
Windows Explorer Unpin this program from the taskbar Close all windows
Above these items I used to have links to various folder locations and they're gone. Can't recreate them
Where is this information stored? Registry? Special Folder? I'd like to go clear it out.
I've been using this since day 1 almost a year now. I didn't make any significant changes that I can recall - didn't install or change anything. Maybe did an install of updates (Windows Defender if I recall correctly).
System restore? For a broken jump-list? That's just crazy - bit like using a jack-hammer to remove bird-____ from the floor.
October 11th, 2010 10:02pm
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All the Jump Lists items are saved in the following locations:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations
Please
cut the items from the above two folders and paste them to a safe place
for backup. Unpin the item and then restart the computer.
After the restart, please
re-pin the item and
run it. Please check if the issue can be resolved.
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October 12th, 2010 4:16am
Brilliant... that's done it for me!
Thanks it's working again now.
October 12th, 2010 5:08am
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All the Jump Lists items are saved in the following locations:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations
Please
cut the item
s
from the above two folders and paste them to a safe place for backup. Unpin the
item
and then restart the computer.
After the restart, please
re-pin the item
and
run it . Please check if the issue can be resolved.
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. ”
Thanks for this info Linda, I hope you don't mind, Just for knowledge I'm trying to follow your suggestion but in my computer i can't seem to find the
recent folder.
Thank you in advanced.CESabarre
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October 16th, 2010 1:15pm
It's a hidden folder that will not be visible, but it's there.
You have to copy and paste the above link into your Start | Run or your explorer address bar.
Jaans
October 17th, 2010 12:15am
Linda,
I did exactly what you said to do, because I had the same problem as the originator of this discussion, and now I can have pinned websites again! Thank you!
Perhaps you can solve another issue I'm having. On that pinned list, I would like to be able to open each of those pinned websites in a new window, instead of them getting added on as a tab on Explorer. I need to be able to look at websites side
by side on my screen. Do you know how to make it so that each of those pinned websites I have, open up in a new window?
Thanks for your help.
Michael Evangelo
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October 22nd, 2010 9:15am
This worked perfectly - thank you so much!
April 5th, 2011 2:22pm