Set the number of files shown in the list of recently used files

When you start Microsoft Access, when you click New on the File menu, or when you click File on the menu bar, a list of the most recently used files appears. You can click a file name in this list to open the file with the same option settings it had the last time you opened it. You can also change the number of file names that appear on the list of recently used files.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the General tab, do one of the following:
   • To prevent any files from appearing in the list, clear the Recently used file list check box.
   • To change the number of files that appear in the list, make sure the Recently used file list check box is selected, and then, in the box to its right, select the number of files you want in the list. By default, four files appear in the recently used file list, but you can set the list to contain as many as nine files.