Windows start menu recent documents question

[allstarhunk69]

Hey, I have been monitoring my teenagers IMs recently and have ran into some trouble. I log his chats to make sure he is staying out of trouble and when I view them they appear on his recent documents tab on the start menu.
I know that I can right click and delete them from the list or clear the list but how do I get the list to replenish? I have tried opening random pictures or music files and they are not all going into recent documents tab?
Any help is most appreciated.

 

[arisejesus]

try open microsoft office documents like .doc, or .xls

 

[diroga]

i know some programs dont put file in there when you view them. im not sure how it works but you could try some other text viewers. maybe jeit.

 

[Sgt_Grim_Reaper]

For future reference, right click task bar, select properties/Start Menu Tab/Customize/clear to clear recently viewed documents. How you bring them back, no clue. It might be impossible.

 

[Massios]

Right click taskbar -> properties -> customize -> un-check show recent documents