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I have noticed that every time I open file explorer, the recent list shows a random 10 documents which are stored on onedrive that I haven't accessed (on this or any other device). I am the only one with access to the device and the onedrive folder.
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Hi SD Jashti,
Well it's been 6 days since I took the advise of Markz&'s solution and so far so good seems to be listing my recently opened files correctly.
I was told by Microsoft months ago that showing a list of 'Recent' files that we have not opened recently is a bug that the engineers are working on. Why hasn't Microsoft rectified it by now or at least given an update on it? How do we get in touch with someone at Microsoft who knows what they're talking about and can sort it? All we're getting is a frustrating silence from Microsoft and OneDrive and the problem continues. It seems there are no relevant Microsoft people looking at these threads and we're getting nowhere.
I am still having the same problem. Please fix!
Same here, I turned off "Show files from Office.com" and my Recent section now shows only the files I've opened. Thank you!
Please can you or another Microsoft Agent reply? Today I tried to open an important document from the Recent List shown in Microsoft Word 365 and got a message saying the document poses a potential security risk. However, I can still open it with no such message via File Explorer and it looks ok. While the engineers are working to rectify this bug, can we at least be reassured it is safe for us to continue working on our files?