add file to recent documents

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Import namespace

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

Win API

[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
public static extern void SHAddToRecentDocs(ShellAddToRecentDocsFlags flag, string path);

public enum ShellAddToRecentDocsFlags
{
    Pidl = 0x001,
    Path = 0x002,
}

Use

// adds document to recent files
SHAddToRecentDocs(ShellAddToRecentDocsFlags.Path, @"C:\document.txt");

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