This may happen due to incorrect registry value type for
Recent, in the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
- Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
- Navigate to the above location
- In the right-pane, double-click Recent and set its data to:
%Userprofile%\Recent
Important: The Value type must be of
REG_EXPAND_SZ type. If it is of
REG_SZ type, delete the value, and then create a new value of the correct type.
- Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows.