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Shows the contents of the 'My Recent Documents' folder or a list of most recently used files of applications storing their most recently used files in the registry.

Copy all files into the FarrMostRecentlyUsed plugin directory (usually C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\Plugins\FarrMostRecentlyUsed) and restart FARR.

Use the following aliases to give you a list of your most recently used files:

• mru : Shows a simple menu with the below aliases
• mrum : Shows files in your 'My Recent Documents' (XP) or 'Recent Items' (Vista, but see known issues) folder
• mrup : Shows files of configured programs, storing their MRU files in the registry
• mrua : Show a combined list of files out of mrum and mrup
• mruu : Show files from selected groups only (selectable in the options dialog)
• mrul : Show a list of installed and supported applications for further selection

Use the following modifier keywords to change the search:

• +byname : Force sorting by name
• +bydate : Force sorting by date last accessed
• +bymod : Force sorting by date last modified
• +bycreate : Force sorting by date created
• +.[ext] : Filter results by file extension [ext]. More than one can be used, e.g. +.h +.cpp

To show a list of most recently used files for selected applications, use the following modifiers:

• +acrobat : Adobe Acrobat Reader (only 9 currently)
• +akelpad : Akelpad
• +audacity : Audacity
• +dwcs3 : Dreamweaver CS3
• +foxit : Foxit Reader
• +icofx : IcoFX (only 1.6 currently)
• +km : KMPlayer
• +msvc8 : MS Visual Studio 2005
• +msvc9 : MS Visual Studio 2008
• +npp : Notepad++
• +office3 : Microsoft Office 2003
• +office7 : Microsoft Office 2007
• +oo2 : OpenOffice 2.0
• +paint : Paint
• +photoe : Photoshop Elements (only 5.0 currently)
• +snag : SnagIt
• +sql : SQL Server
• +ted : TED Notepad
• +winrar : WinRAR
• +winuae : WinUAE
• +wmp : Windows Media Player
• +wordpad : Wordpad

(built-in group for My Recent Documents)

• +recent : My Recent Documents

Filter

• UNC files : filter out UNC files (files starting with //) from the list
• Nonexistent files : filter out files that don't exist anymore
• Don't check existence of UNC files : what it says. faster.
• Directories : filter out directories
• Simplified directory check : Treat file names without a . as directories. This speeds up directory checking but can give false positives. Only applies to UNC paths. The simplified directory check method is always used for UNC files if 'Don't check existence of UNC files' is selected.

Sort:

• Do not sort : Let FARR do the sorting and filtering.
• By date last accessed : Sort by date last accessed. This is the default.
• By date last modified : Sort by date last modified.
• By date created : Sort by date created. This is here for completeness, don't know if it makes much sense.
• Alphabetically : Sort the result alphabetically.

Display

• Show group name instead of path : Will show the group name instead of the path when listing most recently used files for selected applications.

The FARR MostRecentlyUsed plugin can list most recently used files for many applications that store their most recently used files in the registry or in an .ini file.

The config file has the following format: +modifier|Group Name|PathToIconFile (usually program.exe) RegistryKeyToMRUList or PathToIniFilePlusSectionAndKey

RegistryKeyToMRUList typically looks like this: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Application Name\Recent File List

PathToIniFilePlusSectionAndKey typically looks like this: INI_FILE\PathToIniFile.ini|Section|BaseKeyName within the .ini file you find something like this:

[Section]
BaseKeyName1=c:\blah\mru1.txt
BaseKeyName2=c:\blah\mru2.txt

FarrMostRecentlyUsed.user has the same format as FarrMostRecentlyUsed.config but will never be overwritten with new updates of the plugin. Put your own stuff in here.

Modifier entries in FarrMostRecentlyUsed.user override identical ones in FarrMostRecentlyUsed.config. This can be used for example if you choose to install an application in a location other than the default (e.g. not in the default 'Program Files' folder). Just duplicate the respective section in your FarrMostRecentlyUsed.user and change the icon path.

1. For UNC files, no dates will be queried if 'Don't check existence of UNC files' is selected, so these will usually always be at the end of the list when sorting by any date (but see point 2 and 3).
2. For files coming from My Recent Documents (they are all .lnk files) the link's modification date will be used as the target files last accessed date. So even UNC files from 'My Recent Documents' will order correctly when sorting by date last accessed.
3. When filtering by one specific application (e.g. mrup +office7), and sorting by date last accessed, the file order as specified in the registry will be used instead of the files' last access dates. So the files appear in the same order as if you would select the recent files menu item of the respective application.

Clearing the 'Recent Items' list on Windows Vista will not make these files disappear from the FARR MRU result list. The FARR MRU plugin uses the user's 'Recent' directory as its source. Windows Vista does not clear that directory when the user selects 'Clear Recent Items List' in the 'Recent Items' context menu.

Using the TinyXml parser ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyxml/ )

Special thanks to hamradio for the wonderful icons!