On 17/06/2011 14:19, reckoner wrote:
Is it possible to get access to the Most Recently Used (MRU) list in
windows. This is where Windows keeps a list of the most recently opened
documents and programs.
By the way, I'm on Windows XP.
Depends what you need to do. To add in item, use the SHAddToRecentDocs
API from the shell module:
<code>
import sys
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
shell.SHAddToRecentDocs (
shellcon.SHARD_PATHW,
sys.executable
)
</code>
To access its contents (in file system terms):
<code>
import os, sys
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
mru = shell.SHGetSpecialFolderPath (0, shellcon.CSIDL_RECENT, 0)
print os.listdir (mru)
</code>
To access it as shell folder:
<code>
import os, sys
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
mru_pidl = shell.SHGetSpecialFolderLocation (0, shellcon.CSIDL_RECENT)
desktop = shell.SHGetDesktopFolder ()
mru_folder = desktop.BindToObject (
mru_pidl,
None,
shell.IID_IShellFolder
)
for i in mru_folder:
print mru_folder.GetDisplayNameOf (i, shellcon.SHGDN_NORMAL)
</code>
TJG
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