How to show recently opened files in context menu of apps pinned to Start in Windows 11?

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Anubhav Gokhale

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When I right click an app pinned to the Start menu in Windows 11 (for example Word as shown below in pic 1) a context menu with limited but relevant options opens. However, when I right click the same app from the All apps section of the Start menu the context menu also displays suggested and recently showed files (as shown in pic 2). How do I get the second context menu when right clicking the pinned app? This was a functionality already available in Windows 10 and has been needlessly removed. I run Windows 11 Pro build 22631.2338Pic1Pic 2

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