how can get recently used application names from windows start menu with C++ ？

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click the start menu ，we can see the recently used applications， but how can i get application names with C++? can someone help me? thanks

Posted 20-Jun-11 22:55pm

gong_yanjun

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2011-06-21T08:49:00

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They are stored in the registry. If you can read registry keys then you should be able to get to them.

The keys can be found here.

Posted 21-Jun-11 8:49am

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gong_yanjun 21-Jun-11 23:06pm

Firstly,thanks for you answer. with you answer, i checked my registry at the key Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs. but i can't get correct results. my os is windows 7.