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Anonymous
January 31, 2018
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adobe acrobat reader don't show recent files

  • January 31, 2018
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Hi

When I'am using adobe acrobat reader, and opening pdf-documents from my computer, it doesn't show my recent open files:

Can you please help me - do I need some settings I don't know about. The only place I can find something about the opening window, is under settings:

      Correct answer Adorobat

      Hi Daniels,

      Could you please try opening this link in a web browser and see if recent files are visible: https://cloud.acrobat.com/recent

      Also, check if documents in recently used list is not set to 0 under Edit > Preferences > Documents > Open settings.

      Keep us posted with the results.

      Shivam

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      woodsrider
      woodsrider
      Participant
      May 1, 2024

      Same here....all of a sudden, I am having the issue of recent files not showing up in Acrobat Pro. Very annoying. Most of my files are accessed from Dropbox. I hope we have a solution soon...

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        peterc70524078
        Participant
        February 4, 2019

        Hi!

        Yes I also have the same issue - it's strange. My other adobe apps remembers, but my acrobat doesn't? I have checked all settings and seem to be correct.

        When I click the web link as suggested above - my files do not show either.

        Thanks for any help.

          mdfOffman
          mdfOffman
          Participant
          April 11, 2024

          I now have this problem too. I don't use AdobeCloud so this only relates to local files.  Thelist hssn't been updated for several weeks

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            Daniel23252573jyai
            Participant
            April 16, 2024

            Same problem. Just suddenly stopped showing recent local files. . . Would like to know a fix.

              koreyc9052018
              koreyc9052018
              Participant
              January 25, 2019

              I'm wondering if anyone can tell me why this problem only happens with files I have in iCloud. I can see in the recent documents anything I opened that was local (i.e. desktop or documents etc) but not something that was in my iCloud even though it's really local like dropbox would be holding a local copy.

              Thanks

                rickhino
                rickhino
                Inspiring
                June 18, 2020

                You won't have the same problem with Adobe cloud.  This trick is as old as Microsoft.

                Adorobat
                Community Manager
                AdorobatCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
                Community Manager
                January 31, 2018

                Hi Daniels,

                Could you please try opening this link in a web browser and see if recent files are visible: https://cloud.acrobat.com/recent

                Also, check if documents in recently used list is not set to 0 under Edit > Preferences > Documents > Open settings.

                Keep us posted with the results.

                Shivam

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                  The Winey Reader
                  Participating Frequently
                  October 24, 2024

                  Same issue here…was working fine and got a new laptop and latest version of Acrobat. Only ones on cloud showing. Have it set to 100. Any updates on fix for this?

                  Meenakshi Negi
                  Community Manager
                  Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
                  Community Manager
                  October 28, 2024

                  Hi The Winey Reader,

                   

                  Thank you for reaching out.

                   

                  As mentioned, only the files on the cloud show up in the recent list. Does that mean PDFs saved locally are not showing up under the recent list, or are PDFs from particular locations missing? 

                  Please share the Acrobat and OS version numbers on the machine. We need to ensure that you are experiencing a similar issue to that reported in this post or a different one.

                   

                  Let us know how it goes.

                   

                  Thanks,

                  Meenakshi

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