How do I use Powershell to write a script to automatically clean the history of actions in a user's recent folder?

Question

Public PCS are easy to leak because they forget to clean operation records; Therefore, I want to write a Powershell script to put in the Windows startup folder, execute before displaying the system desktop, and clean the history of the last operation;

Answer 1

Hello @tj_zero !

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Please try :

# Clean Recent Items

$recent = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($env:APPDATA, 'Microsoft\Windows\Recent')

Remove-Item "$recent*" -Force

# Clean Temp Directory

$temp = $env:TEMP

Remove-Item "$temp*" -Force

# Clear Event Logs (requires elevated privileges)

Get-EventLog -LogName * | ForEach { Clear-EventLog -LogName $_.Log }

# Additional cleanup can be added as needed

Next

Create a Task with Highest Privileges to run the script on user logon!

You might need to run this line also once:

• Open PowerShell as an Administrator.
• Run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned.

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