Each time that you open a file from Windows Explorer or from a standard open\/save dialog-box, the name of the file that you opened is recorded by the Windows operating system.<\/p>\n
Some of the names are saved into the ‘Recent’ folder. Other are saved into the Registry.<\/p>\n
The “Recent” folder is usually located under C:\\Documents and Settings\\[Your Profile]\\Recent (The path is different under Windows Vista), and it contains shortcuts to the recently opened files.<\/p>\n
Using Environment.SpecialFolder Enumeration<\/a>\u00a0you can retrieve directory paths to system special folders as “Recent” folder\u00a0.<\/p>\n Registry: If you are using open\/save dialog box for file selection, the selected file name is added to the files list under<\/p>\n HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\ComDlg32\\OpenSaveMRU<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The following method will give you an idea how to read saved data:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each time that you open a file from Windows Explorer or from a standard open\/save dialog-box, the name of the file that you opened is recorded by the Windows operating system. Some of the names are saved into the ‘Recent’ …<\/p>\nRegistry<\/a><\/h3>\n
public static string GetRecentlyOpenedFile(string extention)\r\n{\r\n RegistryKey regKey = Registry.CurrentUser;\r\n string recentFile = string.Empty;\r\n regKey = regKey.OpenSubKey(\"Software\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Explorer\\\\ComDlg32\\\\OpenSaveMRU\");\r\n\r\n if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(extention))\r\n extention = \"html\";\r\n\r\n RegistryKey myKey = regKey.OpenSubKey(extention);\r\n\r\n if (myKey == null && regKey.GetSubKeyNames().Length > 0)\r\n myKey = regKey.OpenSubKey(\r\n regKey.GetSubKeyNames()[regKey.GetSubKeyNames().Length - 2]);\r\n if (myKey != null)\r\n {\r\n string[] names = myKey.GetValueNames();\r\n if (names != null && names.Length > 0)\r\n {\r\n recentFile = (string)myKey.GetValue(names[names.Length - 2]);\r\n }\r\n }\r\n return recentFile;\r\n}<\/pre>\n