How to remove last used files? Clearing the list of it

[ClemensNader]

Hi, 
another one from for this day.
I want to clear the list of last opened files on the left panel. I googled but havent found smthg to solve this. I add a picture so can see what i mean by that.

[Mahesh_Sharma · Accepted solution]

@ClemensNader 

This is something which is controlled by system registry not by application. You may try google to clear recent files without specifying the application.... As far as I remember it use to be in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.. but editing registry should always be done by IT... 

[ClemensNader]

Are there any other possible solutions? Because nearly every other software has this option to clear the list of last used objects and not by changing something in registry?

[Mahesh_Sharma]

@ClemensNader 

There is no direct option to "clear" the file history. This can be a good Idea to add option to clear list. One of the other options, config option visible_recent_file may help you... 

You can set this option to a number to display file in list. 

[BenLoosli]

visible_recent_files

Category: Without category

Description: Number of visible recent files. The possible range is 1 - 30.

Values:

Default Values: 21

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

recent file names are saved in Windows Registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric folder in values named RecentFile0, RecentFile1, ...

In my case (Creo 2.0) the last value was named RecentFile29.

I created clean_recent_files.bat file - see below

rem ***
rem https://www.windows-commandline.com/delete-registry-key-command-line/
rem ***

reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile0 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile1 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile2 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile3 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile4 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile5 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile6 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile7 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile8 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile9 /f

reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile10 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile11 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile12 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile13 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile14 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile15 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile16 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile17 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile18 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile19 /f

reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile20 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile21 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile22 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile23 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile24 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile25 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile26 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile27 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile28 /f
reg delete  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC\Creo_Parametric /v RecentFile29 /f

pause

I executed the batch file and now ... recent file list in Creo is empty 🙂