https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13855920#M3828 <P>For a current tool I am writing I need to make lots of temp exports of animations from users scenes. I was originally using:</P><DIV><PRE>FBApplication().<SPAN>FileExport(export_path)</SPAN></PRE></DIV><P><SPAN>but this didn't seem to export the custom animated properties we had on some joints, so I switched to:</SPAN></P><DIV><PRE>FBApplication().FileSave(<SPAN>export_path</SPAN><SPAN>, FBFbxO</SPAN><SPAN>ptionsObject</SPAN>)</PRE><P>instead, and that seems to work fine now. However, an unintended side effect which I don't&nbsp;<EM>remember</EM> happening before (though it may have) is that every temp file I export like this gets added to the users "Recent Files" list on the file menu (see attached image).&nbsp;</P><P>This is clearly not ideal, so is there some way I can avoid this happening? Either some mechanism, flag or export option that stops it, or some way to remove the offending items afterward? (obviously I don't want to clear the entire list of recents, as that would probably annoy users more).</P></DIV> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:49:53 GMT FirespriteNate 2025-10-17T13:49:53Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13855920#M3828 <P>For a current tool I am writing I need to make lots of temp exports of animations from users scenes. I was originally using:</P><DIV><PRE>FBApplication().<SPAN>FileExport(export_path)</SPAN></PRE></DIV><P><SPAN>but this didn't seem to export the custom animated properties we had on some joints, so I switched to:</SPAN></P><DIV><PRE>FBApplication().FileSave(<SPAN>export_path</SPAN><SPAN>, FBFbxO</SPAN><SPAN>ptionsObject</SPAN>)</PRE><P>instead, and that seems to work fine now. However, an unintended side effect which I don't&nbsp;<EM>remember</EM> happening before (though it may have) is that every temp file I export like this gets added to the users "Recent Files" list on the file menu (see attached image).&nbsp;</P><P>This is clearly not ideal, so is there some way I can avoid this happening? Either some mechanism, flag or export option that stops it, or some way to remove the offending items afterward? (obviously I don't want to clear the entire list of recents, as that would probably annoy users more).</P></DIV> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:49:53 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13855920#M3828 FirespriteNate 2025-10-17T13:49:53Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13979075#M3868 <DIV><SPAN>you can achieve this by setting&nbsp;&nbsp;UpdateRecentFiles to False in&nbsp;FBFbxOptions</SPAN></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><SPAN>FBFbxOptionsObject =</SPAN> FBFbxOptions(<SPAN>False</SPAN>)</DIV><DIV><STRONG>FBFbxOptionsObject.UpdateRecentFiles = False</STRONG></DIV> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:59:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13979075#M3868 d.pajda 2026-01-16T09:59:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13981756#M3870 <P>Thank you so much! that works perfectly. No idea how I missed this method...&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":see_no_evil_monkey:">🙈</span></P> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:35:02 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/how-to-stop-exports-done-in-code-being-added-to-file-recents/m-p/13981756#M3870 FirespriteNate 2026-01-19T09:35:02Z