Recent Files

Windows keeps track of all activities you perform, and this can be pretty helpful on the long run, in case you have to deal with a complex directory structure on your PC. In case you really need a detailed report, you might find specialized applications like Recent Files a pretty reliable choice to view and access these files.

The setup process is over before you realize, taking little of your time and effort. It’s necessary to go through an installer because you don’t get to work with an actual window, and the application cleverly integrates itself in the default context menu. It becomes available as soon as setup is over, with no need for a system restart.

The location is of no consequence, and you can access the corresponding context menu item from anywhere, including the desktop. A cool icon is associated to the menu item, revealing a list of recently accessed files, regardless of location and file type. What’s more, the options menu can also be accessed to define general behavior options.

Here you get the to set the number of items to make visible, whether or not to specially mark files older than a specific number of days, and whether or not to show time hint based on the first day of the week, which can either be Sunday or Monday. The number of files to show, as well as files to mark are adjusted through corresponding sliders.

By default, the application only shows recently accessed files, but you can also choose to display recently modified files, each with its own intuitive icon. Files can be accessed directly from the context menu at the press of a button. There’s also an Uninstall tab to easily remove the program from the context menu.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Recent Files is a practical little tool you can use to view, and even access files which got recently modified, or just opened. The number of items to display can be set from the options panel, while the context menu integration provides a comfortable overall experience.