All you can do through the GUI in such situations is to delete the files from the recent files list. That list is maintained in the Windows Registry and, while it's possible to edit the Registry entries programmatically, you could do serious damage to your OS if you get it wrong.

charlesdh: I can't see how your macro is at all relevant to the OP's problem, since it: (a) pre-supposes the file has been opened; and (b) that you know you want to save it to the hard-coded folder. Adding such code to every workbook, especially with hard-coded paths that may be invalidated (e.g. what do you suppose will happen if the path isn't found or the user wants to save the file to a USB drive?) is likely to create a greater problem than it will save. Furthermore, you can't specify a filename with the Save method, so your code wouldn't work anyway.

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Paul Edstein
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