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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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I have a user with the same bug.
Within File Explorer the recent files showing are very old (2021), yet show in recent files via Onedrive file path.
Clearing File Explorer history does not resolve.
Repairing Office does not resolve.
All updates have been installed.
THIS IS A BUG
Hi, you are suggesting to uncheck "Show recently used files in Quick access", however you are not addressing the concern as to why these files have new modified dates ie. I have not accessed those files for ages yet they are showing being modified recently. This is really concerning, is any unauthorised user accessing our one drive files?
Update Feb 2, 2024. Same problem for me today. Totally freaked out and lost 4 hours of productive time as thought someone was accessing my files.
Spent 90 mins with MS Support chat which was useless. Told me to disable show recent files in quick access. Totally missed the point and ignored root cause. Zero care factor.
Very thankful for Markz&, though I unticked "show files from Office.com" If I hadn't found this thread I would be incurring $ for external IT support to ensure my laptop was not being remotely accessed.
Thank you MS community and Microsoft do better!
I can't understand why the Microsoft techno support experts are apparently not addressing this problem and keeping us updated about it. It's just been staying the same for all this time and it's making me nervous about using OneDrive. I'm writing a novel and have got all my Word files for it synced to OneDrive.
Many thanks Tomm_A, that is reassuring. Hope it can be fixed soon. I have reported it on Feedback Hub at https://aka.ms/AAntrva.