Windows 7 style Notepad's "recent" files are not sorted properly.

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Hi, guys!

I've setup Start10 to act as Windows 7 Start menu, and it works great except one thing. I have Notepad pinned to Start and there is a list of recently opened files there, but it doesn't sort it out as Windows 7 did. In Windows 7 the files in "Recent" section were sorted by the time the file was opened, i.e. recently opened files were on top, while now it seems it doesn't sort them at all and just present the files randomly (please look at this screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fys4uhv0l0nbpr5/start10_recent.jpg?dl=0). So, I'd like for you to fix it or provide the sorting option somewhere in settings. Thanks in advance!

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I can't really tell from the screenshot if/what the times are for those documents. It appears you have Pinned items, and then Recent. Without further info, it's hard to tell if it's not working right.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

The Gear, I tell you, in Windows 7 the sorting in "Recent" was made based on the time the doc was OPENED. I.e. if there are 3 files with names "1.txt", "2.txt" and "3.txt" and the most recently OPENED file was "3.txt" it was presented ON TOP of the others. And now it is not the case in Start10, as it sorts the files in this list arbitrary by the criteria which escapes me, as it is certainly not alphabetic, for example, nor by the time the docs were opened.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The list is sorted by the operating system I am afraid.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Then it is ""sorted" randomly, and I actually think that it's functionality is actually coded within Start10. Anyway, if Stardock can fix it or provide the sorting option, that would be grand! If not, well, I guess I can live with it :)