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Hello,
for a couple of days or maybe even weeks I noticed that in my recent files list in Windows Explorer several files appear which I did not actively open. At this moments there are 13 of these files in my list. All of these files seem to be on OneDrive.
This concerns me in two different ways:
Security: have the files been "touched" by some villaineous software, or have they just been checked routinely by Windows and its components?
Usability: In the recent files list are more then 50 percent of files which I did not work on and which will block my view on the files I did open.
I am hoping for advise.
Have a great time
Olaf.
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Has anyone tried unchecking "Include accoutn-based insights, recent, favorite...." under folder options of Home?
Open File explorer > click home > click the "..." > go to options > uncheck Include account-based insights...".
Has anyone tried unchecking "Include accoutn-based insights, recent, favorite...." under folder options of Home?
Open File explorer > click home > click the "..." > go to options > uncheck Include account-based insights...".
Yes, it seemed to remove all the false 'recently accessed' documents, thanks!
Yes, but as someone pointed out on another thread, does this really solve the problem or just make it so that we can't see that there is a problem?
This option change immediately refreshed the shown recent files - at a first glance, only files are shown which I actively worked with. That is the behavior expected, and I am very grateful!
Thank you, Duc Nguyen6!
I cannot find that option in Home in Windows 11.
Ended up reinstalling Windows 11, without Anti-virus, since maybe my Macfee Total Protection was scanning the files and marking them as recent accessed. Only Office 365 installed and Onedrive. Same thing happened, again files that I did not open. Turned off my notebook for some hours, and no recent files had been added in those hours, but when I turned the notebook on and went to Home, a batch of files with same time stamp marked as recent!
Worried about a security problem I decided to: Sign out of your Microsoft account everywhere, takes 24h.
My mobile phone asked me to login again, other devices etc. and since then no recent files appear.
Which makes me wonder did you guys also have documents open that are highly confidential, and then some random not important ones?
Is there a way to see if a non-authorised computer, or ip did accessed those files? In Onedrive Online the same recent files were marked as opened, not changed. Also I noticed some folders had been opened, with same date when the issue started.
Still worried about a security issue, though when left my notebook off for some hours, no recent files were added, which could indicate it is all the time Onedrive that has some kind of bug.
I hope it was all the time a Onedrive bug, but quite an alarming one, no wonder everybody was worried about a security issue.
Going to Monitor this for the coming days, and if recent files work properly will update here.
When I open Word, Excel and Access, 0 recent files, something had a reset.