All Recent & Pinned File Links Lost

Anonymous
2024-03-20T14:16:19+00:00

I rebooted my PC today after a Windows update and afterwards in Word, Excel and PowerPoint my Recent Files list and Pinned Files List are all empty. And when I open an existing document, it does not show up in the Recent file list like it used to.

How do I fix both of these issues?

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Anonymous
2024-03-22T15:04:46+00:00

For those who want to rollback to a previous version of Office 365 here are the directions.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2bd5c457-a917-d57e-35a1-f709e3dda841

The previous version information is: 3/4/2024 Version 2402 Build 17328.20162

To go further back click the following link and scroll down to "Version History".

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fae942449-1fca-4484-898b-a933ea23def7

You need to make sure you disable updates or the latest version will reinstall at some point.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T18:40:38+00:00

    I have used Windows calendar for several years. At the same time I lost my Recent and Pinned documents, MS prevented me from accessing the calendar unless I open an Outlook account. It is shocking the control MS exerts on my own computer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T18:53:23+00:00

    I use the one-time purchase model for Microsoft Office software rather than Microsoft's (apparently preferred) subscription model just for this very reason, plus it is less expensive over the lifetime of software use. I keep all of my files on local drives with backups on my LAN, not to the cloud (One Drive, iCloud or Google drive).

    If I have documents that need to be shared, I use Google docs and expect that Google has complete access to them via my Google account.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-24T13:06:39+00:00

    When not logged in, I can no longer edit anything so all functionality other than viewing is lost. The only reason there could be for this change is...well, likely nefarious in nature. We could use a Microsoft whistle blower.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-24T18:44:37+00:00

    When not logged in, I can no longer edit anything so all functionality other than viewing is lost. The only reason there could be for this change is...well, likely nefarious in nature. We could use a Microsoft whistle blower.

    I agree. That is no good. One does not even own their editorship.

    Thank you for your response.

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