I'm currently deploying new PC's to a company and find that most people have no idea *where* they get their files from.
Case in point: I've had a number of users indicate to me that I *forgot* to migrate their documents/spreadsheets from their old PC's just to find out that the files were not stored locally but rather to a network resource.
Another case: Users forget the exact filename and send in requests to retrieve a file given an *estimated* filename: "It had a 'n' in it; something 'supply form'...it was a doc file'. Once again the file is typically stored on a network resource.
The issue is that users constantly uses the File|Recently openned options in Word/Excel/Access/etc (which is fine) and *forget* where the file actually resides and at times, the actual filename ("I don't know the file name but it was the second entry in my 'recently used files' list".
As I have local admin rights on all the PC's and since these settings are profile specific, I am looking for a way to view the recently used file list of other users.
Where does MS Office apps store the "Recently used" list so I can tell the users where on the *network* the files are located? I assumed it was in the profiles area but haven't found it. Maybe in a user-specific reg or ini file?
PS: I know about "Documents and Settings\<user>\My Recent Documents" however, in the case were a lot of files from different apps are opened, this list is not complete and will not have all the files that I am looking for.
TIA
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Sean Shrum
Shrum Consulting
C.A.T.S.: Consulting: Programming: R/C Soaring:
Case in point: I've had a number of users indicate to me that I *forgot* to migrate their documents/spreadsheets from their old PC's just to find out that the files were not stored locally but rather to a network resource.
Another case: Users forget the exact filename and send in requests to retrieve a file given an *estimated* filename: "It had a 'n' in it; something 'supply form'...it was a doc file'. Once again the file is typically stored on a network resource.
The issue is that users constantly uses the File|Recently openned options in Word/Excel/Access/etc (which is fine) and *forget* where the file actually resides and at times, the actual filename ("I don't know the file name but it was the second entry in my 'recently used files' list".
As I have local admin rights on all the PC's and since these settings are profile specific, I am looking for a way to view the recently used file list of other users.
Where does MS Office apps store the "Recently used" list so I can tell the users where on the *network* the files are located? I assumed it was in the profiles area but haven't found it. Maybe in a user-specific reg or ini file?
PS: I know about "Documents and Settings\<user>\My Recent Documents" however, in the case were a lot of files from different apps are opened, this list is not complete and will not have all the files that I am looking for.
TIA
=============================
Sean Shrum
Shrum Consulting
C.A.T.S.: Consulting: Programming: R/C Soaring:
