Micman

I went from version 2.23 - 2.24 with no change to this issue. I still had no recent items in my start menu list in Windows 7. Then I went from 2.24 to 2.25.1025, still with no change to the issue on the same platform. Again, out of seemingly nowhere my recent items list began working again. This time it was after I installed a few programs from my Adobe CS3 Master Collection. I've had at least 10 restarts and run CCleaner at least a dozen times since then and my recent items are still working. I wish I could be more helpful and say that I found the fix, but it really just seemed to start working for no reason at all. I have no way to test this on a different platform.

Thanks for moving the thread to get attention. A lot of people will benefit from this bug being fixed. Here's an interesting phenomenon I just observed related to this bug. Seemingly out of nowhere, my recent items started working again. I can't explain it, and I have no idea why. I didn't change any Windows 7 or ccleaner settings. The only thing that changed between the list not working and working again was that I installed software that came with my new Western Digital external hard drive. The software is called WD Anywhere Backup Version 3.50.4592. Also installed were the WD Manager and Data Lifeguard, which come with the Anywhere backup as far as I know. I did not use the software, I just installed it. All good things come to an end of course. After I restarted, my recent items stopped working again. I can't confirm that Western Digital's software had anything to do with this development. I just know that it was the only hardware or software change that happened within the time frame that my recent items started working. I hope this helps. If anyone somehow recreates my "solution," I'd be interested to hear about it.

Just installed v2.23.999. Still have the same problem. Has anyone gotten word from Piriform on fixing this?

I too have been experiencing this problem since at least v2.22 on multiple platforms: XP SP3, Vista x86 SP2, and 7 x64 RC 7100. I love this program and I always install it on client's computers as something that runs at startup. That way I know that even the least computer savvy of my clients have some form of HD cleaning taking place once in a while. I have tried the registry fix suggested to no avail. Can sufficient attention be paid to this issue so that future versions fix it? Ccleaner is really an amazing tool that has helped a lot of my clients, friends and family, for which I am grateful. Any help from the developer would be appreciated.