Solved Recent places and jump lists resetting

lightning3105

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Hello

Recently, when right clicking on the explorer icon in my task bar I noticed that all of my pinned folders and recent places had disappeared. I looked in my recent places folder and found that that was empty.

I also realized that other programs had lost their extra jump list options, for example Skype, which when right clicked should give the option to quit Skype, but instead only had the basic 'close window' and 'unpin' options.
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The Skype jump list reappears once I restart Skype, however the explorer jump list is still missing when I restart my PC or explorer.exe

I have tried deleting the files in C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations.
Then when I restart explorer.exe and pin things to my explorer task bar icon, everything is fine...

Until a little while later (for reasons I cannot explain) the jump lists disappear, even though their files in \AutomaticDestinations still exist!

This is really bugging me, as I often use jump lists to quickly navigate to different areas on my PC. If anyone could shed some light on the problem for me, that would be great!

ps: If the above explanation was a bit confusing, please tell me and I'll try to rephrase it and explain it better :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C855 2ET
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    6gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Inbuilt
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Inbuilt
    Mouse
    perixx Programmable Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    3.43mbps Download
    Browser
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    Antivirus
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C855 2ET
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    6gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Inbuilt
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Inbuilt
    Mouse
    perixx Programmable Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    3.43mbps Download
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C855 2ET
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    6gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Inbuilt
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Inbuilt
    Mouse
    perixx Programmable Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    3.43mbps Download
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
Only other thing I can think of is that you may be running a cleaner automatically that clears your jump lists!?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion
  • PC2
    Tablet - Windows 10 Home
Only other thing I can think of is that you may be running a cleaner automatically that clears your jump lists!?
Wow - Your right!
According to cloud system booster, the recent places folder is junk!
Thanks!!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C855 2ET
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    6gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Inbuilt
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Inbuilt
    Mouse
    perixx Programmable Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    3.43mbps Download
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
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