Using the Command prompt to Access “Recent files” Folder Path

The windows system saves document shortcuts in the user profile after a file or document was used. Lets dig on how to access Recent Items list location using command prompt.

Let’s start how to go into the location of your login user.

echo %userprofile%

C:\>echo %userprofile% C:\Users\LawrenceAlbert C:\>

Recent Items Folder Path

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\

just copy and paste the user profile location above as shown:

C:\Users\LawrenceAlbert\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\

Finally, use the change directory command to go into the folder location.

cd \Users\LawrenceAlbert\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

That’s it!