Thanks everybody. I've ended up with the following code, which effectively
just counts backwards, deleting as it goes, and that seems to work.
By the way, the reason I test for [F00000002] is that this indicates a
read-only file that is not pinned - so to catch them all, I have to delete
all those that are prefixed by [F00000000] or [F00000002].
This also works for Word 2007 if you replace "\12.0\Excel\File MRU\" by
"\12.0\Word\File MRU\" in the "RegKey=" statement.
Thanks again - you're all stars!
Geoff

Sub ClearMRU_NotPinned()
Dim X, OriginalMax, NumberOfRecentFiles
Dim RegKey, rKeyWord, WSHShell
OriginalMax = Application.RecentFiles.Maximum
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum = 50
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
RegKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\ Excel\File MRU\"
NumberOfRecentFiles = Application.RecentFiles.Count ' (original total file
count)
For X = NumberOfRecentFiles To 1 Step -1
rKeyWord = WSHShell.RegRead(RegKey & "Item " &
Application.RecentFiles(X).Index)
If InStr(1, rKeyWord, "[F00000000]") Then
Application.RecentFiles(X).Delete
End If
If InStr(1, rKeyWord, "[F00000002]") Then
Application.RecentFiles(X).Delete
End If
Next X
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum = OriginalMax
End Sub

"Mike H" wrote:

Hi,

Further testing and I agree your right, well spotted. 50 does seem to be the
max in E2007 so the modified version of my code is below. Thanks for pointing
that out, as I said in my first post with regards to the registry I'm an
absolute novice.

Sub ClearMRU_NotPinned()
On Error Resume Next
OriginalMax = Application.RecentFiles.Maximum
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum = 50
Dim delfiles()
Max = Application.RecentFiles.Count
ReDim delfiles(1 To Max)
Dim WSHShell, RegKey, rKeyWord
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
RegKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\ Excel\File MRU\"
For X = 1 To Application.RecentFiles.Count
rKeyWord = WSHShell.RegRead(RegKey & "Item " &
Application.RecentFiles(X).Index)
If InStr(1, rKeyWord, "[F00000000]") Then
delfiles(X) = Application.RecentFiles(X).Index
End If
Next
For X = UBound(delfiles()) To 1 Step -1
IsPinned = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(X, delfiles(), 0)
If IsPinned = "" Then
IsPinned = ""
Else
Application.RecentFiles(X).Delete
IsPinned = ""
End If
Next
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum = OriginalMax
End Sub


Mike

"p45cal" wrote:


If I'm right about Application.RecentFiles.Count (this value is the
smaller of the number of entries in the registry and the
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum (this last is the -Number of Recent
files to show-)) being possibly smaller than the number of entries in
the registry, then code so far put forward will only delete those
visible in the Office Button list; others in the registry will move up
and become visible in the Office Button list. So we could temporarily
set the -Number of Recent files to show- to its maximum of 50 and put it
back to its previous setting afterwards:

OriginalMax = Application.RecentFiles.Maximum
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum = 50
'do the main processing here
Application.RecentFiles.Maximum = OriginalMax

Now as long as there are never more than 50 entries in the registry
(can there be?) it should never have to be run more than once.


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