├── README.md ├── CleanRunMRU ├── CleanRunMRU.sln └── CleanRunMRU │ ├── Properties │ └── AssemblyInfo.cs │ ├── CleanRunMRU.csproj │ └── Program.cs ├── LICENSE └── .gitignore /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | #### CleanRunMRU 3 | 4 | .NET assembly used for querying and clearing the RunMRU registry values. 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Query current values 9 | ``` 10 | CleanRunMRU.exe query 11 | ``` 12 | 13 | Clear a single value based on command 14 | ``` 15 | CleanRunMRU.exe command="C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" 16 | ``` 17 | 18 | Clear all values 19 | ``` 20 | CleanRunMRU.exe clearall 21 | ``` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /CleanRunMRU/CleanRunMRU.sln: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 3 | # Visual Studio 15 4 | VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.28307.779 5 | MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 6 | Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "CleanRunMRU", "CleanRunMRU\CleanRunMRU.csproj", "{0399662A-AED0-49B8-BF72-3501359AEC96}" 7 | EndProject 8 | Global 9 | GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution 10 | Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU 11 | Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU 12 | EndGlobalSection 13 | GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution 14 | {0399662A-AED0-49B8-BF72-3501359AEC96}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU 15 | {0399662A-AED0-49B8-BF72-3501359AEC96}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU 16 | {0399662A-AED0-49B8-BF72-3501359AEC96}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU 17 | {0399662A-AED0-49B8-BF72-3501359AEC96}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU 18 | EndGlobalSection 19 | GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution 20 | HideSolutionNode = FALSE 21 | EndGlobalSection 22 | GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution 23 | SolutionGuid = {C9DF5A68-6BF1-49B3-9400-098F04B96930} 24 | EndGlobalSection 25 | EndGlobal 26 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /CleanRunMRU/CleanRunMRU/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | using System.Reflection; 2 | using System.Runtime.CompilerServices; 3 | using System.Runtime.InteropServices; 4 | 5 | // General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 6 | // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information 7 | // associated with an assembly. 8 | [assembly: AssemblyTitle("CleanRunMRU")] 9 | [assembly: AssemblyDescription("")] 10 | [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")] 11 | [assembly: AssemblyCompany("")] 12 | [assembly: AssemblyProduct("CleanRunMRU")] 13 | [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © 2019")] 14 | [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")] 15 | [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")] 16 | 17 | // Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 18 | // to COM components. If you need to access a type in this assembly from 19 | // COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type. 20 | [assembly: ComVisible(false)] 21 | 22 | // The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM 23 | [assembly: Guid("0399662a-aed0-49b8-bf72-3501359aec96")] 24 | 25 | // Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values: 26 | // 27 | // Major Version 28 | // Minor Version 29 | // Build Number 30 | // Revision 31 | // 32 | // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 33 | // by using the '*' as shown below: 34 | // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")] 35 | [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")] 36 | [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")] 37 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | BSD 3-Clause License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2019, Steven F 4 | All rights reserved. 5 | 6 | Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7 | modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 8 | 9 | 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this 10 | list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11 | 12 | 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 13 | this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 14 | and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15 | 16 | 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its 17 | contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from 18 | this software without specific prior written permission. 19 | 20 | THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 21 | AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22 | IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE 23 | DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24 | FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25 | DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 26 | SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER 27 | CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 28 | OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE 29 | OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /CleanRunMRU/CleanRunMRU/CleanRunMRU.csproj: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Debug 6 | AnyCPU 7 | {0399662A-AED0-49B8-BF72-3501359AEC96} 8 | Exe 9 | CleanRunMRU 10 | CleanRunMRU 11 | v4.0 12 | 512 13 | true 14 | 15 | 16 | AnyCPU 17 | true 18 | full 19 | false 20 | bin\Debug\ 21 | DEBUG;TRACE 22 | prompt 23 | 4 24 | 25 | 26 | AnyCPU 27 | none 28 | true 29 | bin\Release\ 30 | TRACE 31 | prompt 32 | 4 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /CleanRunMRU/CleanRunMRU/Program.cs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | using System; 2 | using Microsoft.Win32; 3 | using System.Collections.Generic; 4 | 5 | namespace CleanRunMRU 6 | { 7 | class Program 8 | { 9 | static void QueryReg() 10 | { 11 | try 12 | { 13 | string keypath = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU"; 14 | Console.WriteLine("Current HKCU:{0} values", keypath); 15 | RegistryKey regkey; 16 | regkey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(keypath, true); 17 | if (regkey.ValueCount > 0) 18 | { 19 | foreach (string subKey in regkey.GetValueNames()) 20 | { 21 | Console.WriteLine("[+] Key Name : {0}", subKey); 22 | Console.WriteLine(" Value : {0}", regkey.GetValue(subKey).ToString()); 23 | Console.WriteLine(); 24 | } 25 | } 26 | regkey.Close(); 27 | } 28 | catch (Exception ex) 29 | { 30 | Console.WriteLine("[-] Error: {0}", ex.Message); 31 | } 32 | } 33 | 34 | static void CleanSingle(string command) 35 | { 36 | string keypath = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU"; 37 | string keyvalue = string.Empty; 38 | string regcmd = string.Empty; 39 | if (command.EndsWith("\\1")) 40 | { 41 | regcmd = command; 42 | } 43 | else 44 | { 45 | regcmd = string.Format("{0}\\1", command); 46 | } 47 | 48 | try 49 | { 50 | RegistryKey regkey; 51 | regkey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(keypath, true); 52 | 53 | if (regkey.ValueCount > 0) 54 | { 55 | foreach (string subKey in regkey.GetValueNames()) 56 | { 57 | if(regkey.GetValue(subKey).ToString() == regcmd) 58 | { 59 | keyvalue = subKey; 60 | regkey.DeleteValue(subKey); 61 | Console.WriteLine(regcmd); 62 | Console.WriteLine("[+] Cleaned {0} from HKCU:{1}", command, keypath); 63 | } 64 | } 65 | if(keyvalue != string.Empty) 66 | { 67 | string mruchars = regkey.GetValue("MRUList").ToString(); 68 | int index = mruchars.IndexOf(keyvalue); 69 | mruchars = mruchars.Remove(index, 1); 70 | regkey.SetValue("MRUList", mruchars); 71 | } 72 | } 73 | regkey.Close(); 74 | } 75 | catch (ArgumentException) 76 | { 77 | Console.WriteLine("[-] Error: Selected Registry value does not exist"); 78 | } 79 | } 80 | 81 | static void CleanAll() 82 | { 83 | try 84 | { 85 | string keypath = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU"; 86 | Console.WriteLine("HKCU:{0}", keypath); 87 | RegistryKey regkey; 88 | regkey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(keypath, true); 89 | if (regkey.ValueCount > 0) 90 | { 91 | foreach (string subKey in regkey.GetValueNames()) 92 | { 93 | regkey.DeleteValue(subKey); 94 | } 95 | } 96 | Console.WriteLine("[+] Cleaned all RunMRU values"); 97 | regkey.Close(); 98 | } 99 | catch (Exception ex) 100 | { 101 | Console.WriteLine("[-] Error: {0}", ex.Message); 102 | } 103 | } 104 | 105 | static void HowTo() 106 | { 107 | Console.WriteLine("CleanRunMRU"); 108 | Console.WriteLine(" Query current RunMRU key"); 109 | Console.WriteLine(" CleanRunMRU.exe query\n"); 110 | Console.WriteLine(" Clear all the values"); 111 | Console.WriteLine(" CleanRunMRU.exe clearall\n"); 112 | Console.WriteLine(" Clear one specific value"); 113 | Console.WriteLine(" CleanRunMRU.exe command=\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\"\n"); 114 | } 115 | 116 | static void Main(string[] args) 117 | { 118 | if (args.Length < 1) 119 | { 120 | HowTo(); 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