Recent Places shortcut on task bar

Once the Windows Explorer Properties window opens, empty whatever is in te Target field and copy/paste this in: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe “%userprofile%\Links\RecentPlaces.lnk”

Windows Explorer paths

Default setting: %windir%\explorer.exe “Recent Items” directory can also be found in the directory structure by following this path: C:\Users\{name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent My Computer %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe...