Remove .DST's from Recent Documents list

[Jeff_M]

Attached is a zip file with a standalone program to aid in cleaning up the Recent Documents list for all flavors of AutoCAD, 2009-2013.

It's pretty self explanatory, just be sure to run it with no sessions of AutoCAD, or vertical products, running. It should refuse to run if it sees any Acad.exe application in the running tasks list. Once the dialog opens it will show you all of the Autocad related products you have installed, select one and it will fill in the first list of recent documents. Then select a profile for that product and the second list will populate with the SSM related recent documents saved for that profile. You can then select any item from either list, if the same DST filename exists in both lists it will automatically select them both. Use the standard selection methods to select more than one (shift-click, control-click, window).

Be sure to Unblock, if needed, the zip file before extracting the exe file. (Check the file properties)

If you find it useful, or if you have any problems with this, please let me know at jeffm AT quuxsoft DOT com

[Beka_Tchigladze]

@Jeff_M 

done thank you, I get an old version for the first time.

[stephen9JXC3]

Having a problem removing old SSM DSTs'.

Attached file. Some files aren't appearing in the left list.

[Jeff_M]

@stephen9JXC3 Do you have the correct profile selected on the form? Your image shows files on the G:\ drive but the attached profile .arg file has none of those.

[3dwannab]

Hi, sorry I message from my work account. I got rid of those missing .dst files by clicking on them and pointing to a different .dst file.

[Jeff_M]

Okay, so is there an issue? If so, please explain with a bit more detail.

[3dwannab]

Basically, I was in an old job and exported by profile to an .arg file and then imported it to the new machine in my new job. Those U-drive paths are the old workplace drives, that didn't show up in the left-hand pane of your program. Just the right-hand side, so they were undeletable.

[Jeff_M]

@3dwannab You should be ale to select them in the right side panel and delete them. I had many that are only in the right side and they were deleted as expected.

[leahHKZXT]

I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but just wanting to check if this program should work in C3D 2024? I can delete all files in all profiles for C3D 2023, but I get the following error for all files in 2024. I tried bulk and individual deleting.