Personalization Start shortcut

curious
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Personalization Start shortcut

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Personalization shortcut to ‘show recently opened files…’

I have mentioned to get as far as the personalization screen by the shortcut rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2, but would like the shortcut to take me to the next screen, Personalization/Start.
What I really want is a shortcut to be able to toggle ‘show recently opened items…’ in one step. Is this possible? Thank you.

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Re: Personalization Start shortcut

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I apologize. This is a Word question.

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What exactly would you like to do in Word?
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Re: Personalization Start shortcut

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I would like the option to clear the files under Recents. Not eliminate it altogether. To edit the list.

In Files/Options/Advanced, I have zero in ‘show this number of…’ which is ignored.’Remove from this List’ is also meaningless.

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Select File > Open.
Right-click any of the documents in the list.
Select 'Clear Unpinned Documents' from the context menu.
Confirm.
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As always, your advice works. My thanks

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You can also remove items from the list one-by-one.