No frequent programs in start menu

[szikra]

Describe the bug

Hi,

first of all, thank you for this software.

This is what I experienced:

When I switch to Windows 7 style (or Classic with two columns style) under Start Menu Style in Settings then when I open the star menu (with either windows button on keyboard or by clicking the start button with mouse) there are no recent programs listed, only the pinned icons (by default only one: Start Menu (Windows)).

In Classic style recent programs and pinned icons both show up.

After trying it a bunch of times and after I searched the settings, I noticed that in Settings in Main Menu tab under Show recent or frequent programs "Frequent programs" is selected. I changed it to "Recent programs" and then recent programs showed up in all styles. I switched it back to Frequent programs and now no programs show up in any style (none of the styles).

Were / are these settings stored separately, in a style dependent way and but now changing the settings apply it to all styles, or how is it possible this split behavior?

And how is Frequent programs calculated? What can cause it to none show up? And how can I fix it?

(I have installed this a long time ago, but haven't used this PC for like years which could be why this happens here.)

Area of issue

Start menu

To reproduce

0. ( Install Open-Shell five years ago then turn on the PC only twice a year. ; )
1. Switch Show recent or frequent programs to "Frequent programs"
2. Open the Open-Shell Start Menu

Expected behavior

Some programs to show up in the list, the most frequently used once (no matter how infrequent they might be).

Open-Shell version

4.4.196

Windows version

Window 10 22H2

Additional context

I don't see any separate Max frequent programs settings or frequency threshold, and Max recent programs is set to 10.

[ge0rdi]

Frequent programs are maintained by Windows itself.

You should have Show most used apps Windows setting enabled (in Personalization -> Start).
Also (if that one is greyed) you may need to enable Allow Windows to track app launches to improve Start and search results (in Privacy & security -> General).

After that Open-Shell should display most frequently used programs.