📊 VBA (Excel)

Apply Disable Recent Documents History (VBA)

Stops Windows from tracking recently opened documents. Applied via WScript.Shell.RegWrite from VBA.

By WindowsScripting.com · 460 B
DisableRecentDocsHistoryRegSet.bas
Attribute VB_Name = "DisableRecentDocsHistoryRegSet"
Option Explicit

Public Sub DisableRecentDocsHistoryRegSet()
    Dim wsh As Object
    Dim regPath As String

    Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    regPath = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRecentDocsHistory"

    wsh.RegWrite regPath, 1, "REG_DWORD"

    MsgBox "Disable Recent Documents History applied." & vbCrLf & regPath, vbInformation
End Sub