Add files to recent files of PS

Question

I use the following script to open the files I need from the my specific folder:

var dir = Folder('F:/Photos');

var files = dir.openDlg('This is always the same folder?','',true);

if( files !=null ){

for(var f = 0;f< files.length;f++){

// really should check that the file object is an image file

// that Photoshop can open

open(files[f]);

}

The problem is that after opening in this way (by script above), file does not appear in the list of recent files of PS.

How can you fix this, is there a solution?

I’d appreciate any help.

JJMack · Accepted Answer

Scripts can not add items to that list. If photoshop does not add file open through automation to the list it is most like by design for automation is for repetitive processing and it would most like flush out all the file a user had opened in the past and leave behind a list if files a script or action or plug-in opened that the user was not expecting or even know by the user or what they were used for.

You could add code to the script to create a list of the files it opens. Save it as a file or create an additional new document that it adds a text layer for each opened file the contain the file path and that is position below the previous opened file.

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