Acrobat Reader DC not showing recent documents, shows older documents in most recent

[Writer_1]

When I try to look at the list of recent documents, a list from 2015 was displaying. It was not showing anything I've opened this year, let alone recently. I cleared the list and opened up two documents and now nothing displays at all. Please let me know what I need to do to actually see recent documents.

[ms_baker]

Hi Writer1 -

That doesn't sound like something you could adjust with settings. Instead, it sounds like an installation issue. I suggest you uninstall/reinstall Reader again to see if that corrects the issue.

donna.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

I am with Donna. This sounds more like an issue with permissions to write to the registry, where this recently used list is stored (or corrupt data in that location). Sometimes normal un-install will not get rid of the things that are causing a particular problems - especially when the registry or configuration files are concerned. Because of that, Adobe has a "Cleaner" tool, which will remove any traces of Acrobat or the free Reader from you system: Download Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool - Adobe Labs

Run this after you uninstall Reader, and before you attempt to install it again.

[Writer_1]

I noticed that if I opened it from the Start menu that it didn't show the list, but if I opened it from the desktop icon it did. Removed the link on the Start menu, re-added and all is well. Thanks for the input.