Recently used file list option greyed out in options setting

[befuddled]

MS XP professional, sp1; MS Office 2003
I have no idea what happened, but a number of settings in
various MS office products suddenly changed. One of
those is the option to choose how many recently opened
files appear in the 'file' menu. The option ('General'
tab on the Tools | Options menu) to set this number is
greyed out both in Word and Excel. Any idea why my
recently used files list, as well as the option has
disappeared? How to repair this?

 

[Nick Hodge]

Try this

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;284896&Product=xl2003

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Gord Dibben]

befud

Are you running TweakUI?

If so, you may have disabled the MRU lists by unchecking "maintain document
history list" under the Explorer tab.

Read more here..........

http://groups.google.ch/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=#OB7jndUBHA.2008@tkmsftngp07

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[befuddled]

MVP's indeed!
By Jove, that did it. Yes, I had just re-installed Tweak
UI as it had 'disappeared' along with a host of other
oddities happening a few days ago. I only re-installed
it to use the auto-login feature and didn't mess with
other settings. THANK YOU!!
Not-as-befuddled-now