Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 10, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Microsoft 365
Excel can easily keep track of the last several workbooks you've edited. This list of files is often referred to as the MRU (most recently used) file list. Excel allows you to specify, exactly, how many files you want tracked in this list. You can change the number of MRU files by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Advanced options of the Excel Options dialog box.
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2022-10-11 14:55:58
J. Woolley
My Excel Toolbox includes the ListRecentFiles([AddPath]) dynamic array function. In older versions of Excel you can use it with the SpillArray function like this:
=SpillArray(ListRecentFiles([AddPath]))
See https://sites.google.com/view/MyExcelToolbox/
2022-10-11 09:08:23
J. Woolley
@Billy Thomas
My Recent... folder is empty. I think it is because I have all switches OFF in Settings > Personalization > Start.
2022-10-10 07:47:12
Billy Thomas
If 50 workbooks are not enough you can use Windows to look back further at any file, not just Excel.
Press the Windows Key and R to get to the Run Window. Then type "shell:recent" [without quotations]. Should show the last 165files opened of all types.
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