JJ,

But that flag is for documents. Not folders.

Where did you read that ?

Yes, I did read the words "file type" in the explanation to the
FTA_NoRecentDocs flag, but did so in context - both knowing that the
"folder" registry entry works 'rather similar' to any other file type as
well as seeing a number of other flags that could easily be referring to
both*.

*no idea what a flag like FTA_NoEditIcon is supposed to do though. Just
tried, but I can't, thru rightclicking, change a .png filetype icon anyway.

Also, is there a reason, let alone a good one, to handle files and folders
different for this flag ?

Man, I really start to hate MSDN pages. If its not enough that, in this
case, their "enumeration" isn't anything of the kind and missing items, it
also doesn't include this kind of different handling in a clear way (a
column with a "D"irectory, "F"ile or "DF" in it perhaps ?).

I don't know if there's a built in method to prevent folders from
being addin into the recent folders list.

Luckily its not really a problem. Folders are not shown in the "run" -
"recent" list, and on shutdown I have-been-and-still-do scrub the "My Recent
Documents" folder.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser