Hi esinohm and welcome to TSF !
Several MRU (most recently used) lists are stored in the registry, but you won't find a single list with all the programs that were opened at a given time.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/RegistryMRU.htm
This article discloses the location of the MRU lists for office documents :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826208
Latest opened and saved files will also appear in the recent document menu in the start menu. There's a setting that allows you to see recently opened documents in the start menu properties : right-click the start menu => properties => customize next to start menu => advanced.
Have you tried investigating the reasons of the crashes ? Could be a single hardware problem. I can usually leave my computer on for a whole week without any crashes.
What are your system specs ?
Several MRU (most recently used) lists are stored in the registry, but you won't find a single list with all the programs that were opened at a given time.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/RegistryMRU.htm
This article discloses the location of the MRU lists for office documents :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826208
Latest opened and saved files will also appear in the recent document menu in the start menu. There's a setting that allows you to see recently opened documents in the start menu properties : right-click the start menu => properties => customize next to start menu => advanced.
Have you tried investigating the reasons of the crashes ? Could be a single hardware problem. I can usually leave my computer on for a whole week without any crashes.
What are your system specs ?