"Connect to Office" in Sharepoint 2013

Hi Everyone. I need expert help. I have problems with this functionality on my local PC. I have full admin rights on my pc.
Situation:
1 Using "Connect to Office" I want to create shortcuts to some document libraries in Microsoft Tools(Word, Excel).
2 After that I have got this link on MyQuickLinks.aspx page under my personal site.
3 Next step. I am going to Microsoft Tool(Word, Excel) try to open\save document. As I have read from some documents this is necessary for sync shortcuts
4 Then i am going to "SharePoint Sites" folder under my profile on local PC. C:\USERS\"___". Open this folder, but there are no any shortcuts there.
5 I have checked registry entries (got from this link http://www.jstevensblog.com/post/Connect-to-Office-SharePoint-Sites-Not-Working-e28093-SharePoint-2010.aspx
The registry entries are valid.
6 Also, I have wait necessary time span.
Does anyone can describe how it works and what I need to check?.
Thanks in advance?

Hi Anton,
If the link has bee listed on MyQuickLinks.aspx page, it should be synced to "SharePoint Sites" folder under your account(e.g. mine is administrator in below image) folder, but it will need some time span (e.g. 24 hours or even longer).
You can also change the LinkPublishingFrequency registry value to a small value on client machine for a test per the following article(which is for Office2010, but you can try for Office 2013), see if it could sync the shortcut quickly.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_integration__sharepoint/archive/2014/04/23/sharepoint-2010-sites-are-not-present-when-going-into-save-as-or-open-dialog-boxes-in-office-2010.aspx
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