Recent project on Visual Studio does not appear on right-click (Windows)

Question

I reinstalled windows and visual studio recently, and I no longer have recent projects on a right click

I can't even pinned a project

Even for Excel :

I think is a windows problem, but i try to find a solution on the web and i can't found.

Did you know how to resolve it ?

Thank you

Answer 1

only thing worked for me VS 2022 Win11:

from VS develop community

Be sure to have jump lists enabled on Windows 10: Go to the new messy ugly control panel, Personalization > Start > [X] Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar and in File Explorer Quick Access.

German Settings name "zuletzt geöffnete Element in "Start", Sprunglisten und Datei-Explorer anzeigen"

Answer 2

Testing this issue in 2023 on Windows 11 with Visual Studio Community 2022 I have discovered that it matters HOW you open projects or solutions. The only way I have found that consistently causes the project or solution to appear in the "recents" list is:

1. Open Visual Studio without a project or solution (the "Continue without code" link on the splash screen)
2. Select File -> Open -> Project/Solution
3. Browse to your ".sln" or project file, select and open it

After this, the project or solution should finally show in the right-click context menu "recents" section. From there you can right click the recents item and select to pin it, which I recommend. Then you don't have to worry about if you opened it in the correct way recently enough.

Answer 3

Answer from the Microsoft forums :

Open the Settings App (gear icon on your Start Menu)
Go to Personalization - Start
Is this setting turned on - Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start and Taskbar?