Comments on: Taskbar Explorer icon Jump List not working in Windows 11

By: Barney Samson

Barney Samson — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:15:00 +0000

Your simple fix above “First right click taskbar > Properties > Start Menu tab, etc.” worked great. Much appreciated by someone who’s computer challenged. Other “fixes” ignored the obvious and would have had me deleting and/or mucking w/files unnecessarily. So good job, and *thanks*!

By: Radrick

Radrick — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:49:00 +0000

That suggestion did not work for me. What fixed the jumplist for Windows Explorer was removing the Windows Explorer shortcut from the Task Bar and putting a new one there from the Start Menu. now it is back to normal.

By: Andrew John Grffin

Andrew John Grffin — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:25:00 +0000

That was helpful and the solution was slightly different for me. The destination folder was “Recent Items” and I deleted all the files in there. NOTE: These were only shortcuts. Then the jump lists worked again. So first Ifind the folder “AppData” by typing %AppData% into the address bar of windows explorer and then navigated to “Recent”. Before you start this process enable “View hidden folders” and then hide them again when you’re done.

By: Arapeta

Arapeta — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:45:44 +0000

You could try this -> navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer registry key and delete the DWORD value ClearRecentDocsOnExit.