Visual Studio 2012 recent projects not updated in taskbar

Question

I have Visual Studio pinned to the taskbar. When clicking on the icon with the mouse right button, a list of recent projects and solutions in shown.

This used to work OK, but from some time now, the list is not being updated. I always see same projects and solutions under Recent, although I have worked with newer projects lately.

How can I fix it?

I'm running Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 on Windows 8 Pro.

Answer 1

• Close all VS instance
• Right click on the Taskbar.
• Click Properties
• Go to the Jump Lists Tab
• Uncheck Store recently opened programs
• Uncheck Store and display recently opened items in Jump Lists
• Click Apply/Ok
• Wait a moment
• Check Store recently opened programs
• Check Store and display recently opened items in Jump Lists
• Wait a moment

• Open your VS solution and it should now appear in the Jump List.

• This worked as a fix for VS 2012 professional with Win 8 Pro