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Clear Recent Documents List

Clears the recent documents list with a single command. Easy to implement in a text editor, or in some sort of trace-deleter program..

Assumes
place in a module, set 'Sub Main' as startup, press F5.

Returns
0 if no error occoured.

Side Effects
if there's _many_ entries in recent folder, have patience :)

API Declarations
Private Declare Function SHAddToRecentDocs Lib "Shell32" (ByVal lFlags As Long, ByVal lPv As Long) As Long


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' Name : Clear all recent documents
' By  : Rudy Alex Kohn
'   [[email protected]]
Public Function ClearRecent()
 ' Clear the 'Recent Document' list
 ' Returns 0 if successfull
 ClearRecent = SHAddToRecentDocs(0, 0)
End Function
Sub Main()
 If MsgBox("This will clean the 'Recent Documents', proceed?", 68, "Clear Recent Documents List") = 7 Then End
 If ClearRecent <> 0 Then MsgBox "Error.."
End Sub