How are you opening them - via shortcuts in Explorer, or using File / Open.
I 'think' that earlier versions of Excel only added to the MRU when using
file / Open - Not 100% sure though, and am sat on a laptop at the moment so
don't have all the versions installed that I do on my desktop to be able to
check.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Doug Mc" wrote in message
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I've got my "Recent" settings set at nine but only FOUR will ever show up.
Does anybody know why?

Also, when I do a Search and open and update an Excell file, it doesn't
show
up in the "Recent" list.
Does anybody know the reason for this?

Thanks,
Doug