Policy
Number of folders in the Recent Folders list
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting specifies the number of unpinned entries displayed in the Recent Folders list that appears when users click Open or Save As on the File tab in Backstage view. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the number of unpinned entries to be between 0 and 20. If you set the number to 0, all pinned and unpinned entries are hidden. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a maximum of 5 unpinned items are displayed in the Recent Folders list. Note: If you want to prevent items from being added to the Recent Folders list entirely, you can enable the "Do not keep history of recently opened documents" Windows policy setting.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | L_SetNumberOfPlacesInTheRecentPlacesListSpinID ID L_SetNumberOfPlacesInTheRecentPlacesListSpinID | decimal | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\place mru Value name max display Type REG_DWORD | Range: 0 to 20 |