How to clear a FileDialog's dropdown history?

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It seems that my application is remembering previously saved/opened files. How can clear the recent history and prevent the application from keeping track of saved/opened files in the future?

I want to be able to do this from the application, without requiring client involvement.

I suppose that the information is saved to the registry.

In my perspective, I would not recommend an application which can clear the OS history or plays with registry. It might cause a security violation in the user environment or network. As file dialog is the windows provided it remembers the last access path and all. I would suggest you to provided your own dialog if you don't want expose the recent items to the user. — Priyank Thakkar, Sep 06 '12 at 12:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Where is recently opened files

And then delete them: How to delete a registry value in C#

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Sep 18 '12 at 08:36

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '14 at 12:46

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just: openfiledialog.FileName = "";

answered Jul 31 '14 at 12:46

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How to clear a FileDialog's dropdown history?

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