topic Re: How to clear recent projects list in code in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

How to clear recent projects list in code

MKa — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:45:25 GMT

I am using the sample logic to get recent projects

var fileInfos = Project.GetRecentProjects().Select(f => new FileInfo(f));
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But I want to know how to clear this list in code. I want to update the user.config that stores the recent projects. ArcGIS Pro does this when you try and open a recent project that no longer exists. If you click on one, it will prompt you and ask you if you want to remove the project. I have made a custom start page that loads the recent projects, but when a user clicks on a recent project from the list (that has been deleted from system), ArcGIS Pro Crashes.

I have attached the out of the box Prompt behavior that i want to mimic in the Pro SDK.

Re: How to clear recent projects list in code

DavidButz — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:30:46 GMT

Did you ever figure this out?

Re: How to clear recent projects list in code

MKa — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:10:20 GMT

I haven't dug into this in a while. I never could get it to clear the list of projects. I am sure there is a way to edit the xml. I have to remove them manually. I just delete RecentProjects items from the file user.config in the directory

%localappdata%l\ESRI\ArcGISPro.exe_StrongName_XXXXXXXX\2.1.0.0

The StrongName Folder name and version will vary of course, but goto %localappdata%l\ESRI\ and find the strongname folder and version.

I also like to cleanup my projects too.

%userprofile%\documents\ArcGIS\Projects