Recent Folder
When I discussed link files, I described how whenever a user opens a document, a link file is created in the Recent folder located in the root user folder, except for Windows Vista and beyond where it is located in the path C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent. The user is unaware that this file is being created or modified. If the same document in the same location is later reopened, the link file is updated with the target file’s updated information.
The purpose of the Recent folder is to provide a user interface that lists documents the user has recently created or modified. You can access this interface by clicking the Start button and then selecting My Recent Documents (older versions of Windows) or ...
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