Search function and Recent Documents

Search function and Recent Documents

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HI,

I want to put the Search-function and (recent) Documents (directly) on a Dock. Those are the last items that still make me use the standard Taskbar and Start-menu.

Can anybody help me how to do this?

best regards, Edmond
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is this THE Edmond "C!T" Varwijk??

Sorry if I'm telling you something you allready know but the Windows Search function you can access with the Win + F keycombo. I find that easier than a menuoption anyway.

I dunno about the Recent Documents 'cause I suppose you want to have a fly-out menu just like in the start-menu.

What I use is the Startmenu docklet created bij Andreas Verhoeven. From there you can access both the Recent Documents and the Search funtion.

Hope this is helpfull.

Greetz,
DoXoR
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For the Recent Documents folder, just drag it to dock. (for XP this is normally located in "C:\Documents and Settings\USER NAME\Recent") If you want it as a popup menu, tick the "Show folder in a menu" checkbox, in the Dock Entry Properties dialog.
The Search function....... I don't know.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanxs. Yes I know Win + F but that's not what I am looking for. I want a pop-out Search-window just like on the real Taskbar.

I also tried, should have said that (sorry), dragging the Recent-folder to the dock but then it just opens that Window, unsorted and somewhere on the screen. Here I also want a fly-out menu like in the regular Windows Start-menu.

Hope for more solutions.

best regards, Edmond

PS

> Is this THE Edmond "C!T" Varwijk??

Yes. But don't tell anybody
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you want a Flyout menu, right click the dock > Add > New Flyout Menu ..... browse to that folder.
If you really mean a popup menu, I told you how to do that already.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great. 'new fly out menu' that's what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

The Search function, well than that's something for the next version.

regards, Edmond
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
only problem with the flyout method pointing to the recent file folder is that it stores a lot of documents

Is there any way you can set the number of docs or the ages of the docs in recent?