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Keep pinned Office files after reinstallation

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eriiic Posted messages 24581 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello,

I often use the Office suite feature that allows me to pin files for quick access. These files then appear when I click on "Open" or "Ctrl + O".
My computer needs to be reinstalled, and I was wondering how I can recover my pinned file list after reinstalling Office 365 with Windows 10.
Can you help me?

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    eriiic Posted messages 24581 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   7 281
     
    Hello,

    I did some digging and it seems they can be found in the registry under this path: 
    Pinned Files:
    HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\File MRU
    Pinned Folders:
    HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\Place MRU


    16.0 corresponds to the Office version. Here it's 365 or 2019
    A priori, the keys for pinned items start with [F00000001], the MRUs with [F00000000]
    You just need to launch Regedit and export these 2 directories from the registry as .reg
    A double-click on these 2 files will re-register them for you.
    It would be nice to get feedback to validate this solution if you implement it.

    If you don't feel comfortable with the registry, I have another solution but it's for less than 10 files only.
    eric

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  2. Quezaco
     
    Thank you Eriiic,
    I tested it on my current computer before the reinstall and it indeed works (if I remove the registry keys, I no longer have pinned files, and when I put them back, I have my pinned files again).

    I exported the "User MRU" folder and I'm waiting to test after the reinstall to give complete feedback because my path is longer than the one you provided:
    HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\User MRU\ADAL_"series of hexadecimal numbers"\File MRU
    and the same goes for "Place MRU".
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    1. eriiic Posted messages 24581 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   7 281
       
      It seems convincing, thanks for the feedback :-)
      Out of curiosity and to explain the difference, are you on Office 365?
      2019 for me
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  3. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58226 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 489
     
    Hello.

    I don't see how that would be possible...
    It would be wise to list them manually; after the reinstallation, you will open these files and pin them again.

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