1- open word/excel at least once and open a file (This is to create the MRU) 2- export the current registry value for the user MRU for office 2016: HKEYCURRENTUSERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice16. Mark the replies as answers if they helped. To export them from office 2013 to office 2016. In current situation, I'd like to suggest try manually delete these duplicated items if you don't want to see the same entry twice.īy the way, could you please help mark the useful reply as answer so that others who might have a similar issue can also benefit from your thread? Thanks for your understanding and support :) It when testing in my Word 2016 by signing out, opening some files and then signing back which indeed seems like a sync issue. Also, the files you stored on a server will no longer be synchronized with your device." But I can reproduce
This article mentioned that "when this happens, Office loses track of any customizations you might have made in the program.
Great to see that the issue has been solved!Īs per your question about the sync issue if one's not signed in, I didn't find any official documentation about the specific issue, only found If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, to learn more. Mark the replies as answers if they helped.
Press Win+R, type"regedit", press Enter.Ĭomputer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\User MRU\ADAL_4766EF146E68EBAF1A5F36FD8EF80A98E11FB8F1414E4FD0CCE544AB59B208A1\File MRUĬonfirm whether the recent items are stored there:Īny updates, please feel free to post back. In addition, please try the following steps to check the corresponding registry keys for recent files:ġ. Since this is a recent occurred issue since the update, could you please collect the detailed build number of Office then we can do further research on this?īesides, please open Excel, go to File > Options > Advanced, scroll down to Display, make sure the number behind Show this number of Recent Workbooks is not 0: