Nitro PDF Pro Recent's Removal

[uffbros]

Is there a way to remove all the recents list when you load Nitro PDF Pro? I find nothing on google search on how. Few years ago post says there isn't a way at the moment but surely years later this has been addressed. Thanks.

[ARMOUR]

Open Registry Editor

 

Delete this reg entry

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nitro\PDF Pro\14\Recent File List

Spoiler

 

[bigbrother]

Going a step further, you can also adjust the preferences for these settings in either the Windows Registry and/or Nitro PDF Pro GUI

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nitro\PDF Pro\14\Settings\Preferences\kPreferences]
"kPrefInterfaceHistoryListLength"="/i 0"
"kPrefInterfaceRecentlyUsedListLength"="/i 1"

 

Open Nitro PDF Pro > File > Preferences > Appearance >

• Maximum number of documents in history list: [ 0 ]
• Maximum number of documents in recently used list: [ 1 ] *Requires minimum of (1)*

Spoiler

 

Edited December 30, 2024 by bigbrother

[Bagels]

To elaborate on @bigbrother and @ARMOUR's replies, you can use WinRAR to put together a self extracting archive (SFX) that contains a batch file with this in it:

 

reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Nitro\PDF Pro\14\Recent File List" /f

 

Have it execute after extracting it into a Temporary directory. Put that SFX into your user's startup folder and you end up with a recent list function that works and cleans up after each restart.

 

Edited December 30, 2024 by Bagels
Self extracting archive