Pinned Jump List Question

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_{Thursday, September 28, 2017 1:29 PM}

I do a weekly backup of my computer. Recently I did a Repair of Office and now all of the items in my Jump Lists are gone. Is there a file or files that hold the pinned shortcuts? If not how do I get the pinned Jump Lists back?

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_{Friday, September 29, 2017 10:32 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

The application based jump lists are stored in the following location:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations.

Pinned items are stored here:

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\

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_{Thursday, September 28, 2017 5:12 PM}

Here is some help on pinning/unpinning and jump lists

1. Right-click or press and hold an App and there are a number of choices available, including: Unpin from Start, Pin to taskbar, Uninstall and Resize.

2. The Jump Lists items are located in the hidden folder AppData. Open a Run window (Windows Logo key+R), type %Appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations and press Enter. The items are stored as ".automaticDestinations-ms" files and can be viewed in Notepad. It's a bit garbled but you should be able to recognise some of the text to determine what they represent.

3. Typing shell:user pinned into a Run box will show C:\Users\Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned. Folders where items are pinned include ImplicitAppShortcuts, StartMenu and Taskbar.

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