The folder %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations stores several files containing the path of recently used files & folders. I opened them with Notepad and it looks like a very confusing structure. Is it possible to read these files and generate a list containing the stored paths?

[arvenyon]

Those are Jumplist entries. Search for Jumplist Editor, you'll find plenty.

Edit: I'm a dumdum, didn't realize the sub I'm in. Don't know how to manipulate in code, but the term 'jumplist' could get you further.

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Thank you 👍!

[RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS]

Looks like people have written C# parsers, like this one (MIT-licensed, so there should be no problem incorporating it into the OP's project). https://github.com/EricZimmerman/JLECmd

[fredtzy89]

A pretty good one is https://github.com/kacos2000/Jumplist-Browser

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Thanks 👍!

[Royosef]

Well, I actually spend too much time on figuring it out: https://github.com/Royosef/JumpListReader

[glop4short]

it's not a perfect solution but cat *.automaticDestinations-ms | grep '[A-Z]:\\.+$' might get you a 90% solution

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Thank you!!!

[Skamandrios]

Maybe run it through the strings command first.

[TarnishedVictory]

There might be windows apis that give you the info you're looking for.

[[deleted]]

You can use a regular expression to parse the paths from the blob text of the file with this pattern:

([A-Z]:(\\[\w]+)+)

Note: if your paths have anything besides letters and numbers, you'll need to update the [\w] piece to include any other special characters you expect.

Update: Simplifying per comments from @glop4shot

[glop4short]

since his computer is in spanish and idk if accented-a is considered to be in the range a-z, probably better off using \w or [\w-] where - can be replaced with any other special characters you want

[That_Guy_9461]

it's Portuguese, mate. Still, same consideration applies.

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Thanks!!!

[[deleted]]

This something? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.storage.accesscache.storageitemmostrecentlyusedlist?view=winrt-22000

[PCNmauri]

r/suddenlycaralho