Windows 10 "Recent files"

[Daniel]

to be fair it isn't the only program that does not work the way you wish it to

Do you know of any others? I don't have any other programs I can export images from as a fair comparison beyond PowerPoint and Affinity Designer - they both work the way I 'wish it to'. I just installed GIMP to have a go with that: it doesn't place anything in the Recent Files list when exporting something. I suggest that putting nothing there is more useful than putting a broken shortcut to a file with the same name, in the same folder, as my actual exported file.

lets be clear why: this issue is a windows issue, not a xara one - what magix state is what MS designed this feature for... if it works with exported files as well in some programs that's a bonus, not an expectation

I'm genuinely interested in that: how do you know it's a Windows issue and what Microsoft designed the feature for? Fifteen years ago I'd have defended Xara against almost anything too, but this strikes me as a weird defence unless you're sure that Microsoft specifically designed the 'Recent files' view to list only files with particular types of interaction.

If you export a file it isn't really a recently "opened" file anyway is it.

I agree. The Windows 10 feature is called Recent files though, not Recently opened files. Anything you open, save, or export appears there if you're using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Affinity Designer. Xara's files appear there - usable if they were opened or saved, unusable if just exported.



As a reminder, Magix say "Exported files wouldn't show up in Windows 10 "recent file" list, they need to be opened through windows first before they would appear there." (my emphasis)... but if I export a file and then open it, it appears twice: first their broken entry, then the valid one. At the very least, the "before" part of Magix's reply describing the unique behaviour here, must be incorrect.

At least I wouldn't expect it to be. Just because it doesn't work as you expect, doesn't make it wrong.

Your implication being that it's right because that's what you expect. I'm not arguing that, just acknowledging it.