Question

1. Can we find the information about recently opened files from registry data? If yes, where is the location?

2. Can we find the information about recently typed URL list by the user from registry data? If yes, where is the location?

Answer 1

Answer 1):- Yes we can get the data about the recently open files from file explorer form below path but before that we have also data for Windows and some applications store the MRU list in the Registry, though many programs (particuarly those designed for portability) use local text files.

Here i have listed a example of Windows File Explore Last file access data in regedit.

Open the below path in regedit.exe you will find the values

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\LastVisitedPidlMRU

Here you can get a list where recently files have been accessed.

Answer 2):- Yes we can get the information about the typed URL in regedit but every browser who stored typed URLs must be saved by the browser itself because if the browser doesn't store the value then we can't find the typed URLs.

Here is the example for Internet Explorer:-

Open the below path in regedit.exe you will find the values

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs