Update

Author: 0x5bfa

src/Files.App.CsWin32/NativeMethods.txt

@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ PSGetPropertyKeyFromName
 ShellExecuteEx
 SHAddToRecentDocs
 SHARD
-IShellLinkW
-BHID_SFUIObject
 BHID_EnumItems
-FOLDERID_Recent
 FOLDERID_RecycleBinFolder
-SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
-IShellUrl
+CoTaskMemFree

src/Files.App/Services/Windows/WindowsRecentItemsService.cs

@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ private unsafe bool UpdateRecentFilesInternal()
 			{
 				HRESULT hr = default;
 
-				// TODO: Use IShellUrl to perse all what FE can parse
 				string szFolderShellPath = "Shell:::{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}";
 				var shellItemIid = typeof(IShellItem).GUID;
 				using ComPtr<IShellItem> pFolderShellItem = default;
@@ -188,33 +187,30 @@ private unsafe bool UpdateRecentFilesInternal()
 
 				// Enumerate recent items and populate the list
 				int index = 0;
-				var shellLinkIid = typeof(IShellLinkW).GUID;
-				var sfUIObjectBHID = PInvoke.BHID_SFUIObject;
 				using ComPtr<IShellItem> pShellItem = default;
 				while (pEnumShellItems.Get()->Next(1, pShellItem.GetAddressOf()) == HRESULT.S_OK)
 				{
 					// Get top 20 items
 					if (index is 20)
 						break;
 
-					// Get IShellLink
-					using ComPtr<IShellLinkW> pShellLink = default;
-					pShellItem.Get()->BindToHandler(null, &sfUIObjectBHID, &shellLinkIid, (void**)pShellLink.GetAddressOf());
-
 					// Get the target path
 					pShellItem.Get()->GetDisplayName(SIGDN.SIGDN_DESKTOPABSOLUTEEDITING, out var szTargetItemPath);
 					if (szTargetItemPath.Value == null)
 						pShellItem.Get()->GetDisplayName(SIGDN.SIGDN_FILESYSPATH, out szTargetItemPath);
 					var targetPath = szTargetItemPath.ToString();
+					PInvoke.CoTaskMemFree((void*)szTargetItemPath.Value);
 
 					// Get the display name
-					var szFileName = GetPropertyKey(pShellItem.Get(), "System.ItemNameDisplay");
-					var fileName = szFileName.ToString();
-					// TODO: Try also SIGDN_NORMALDISPLAY first and then SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEPARSING too
+					var fileName = GetPropertyKey(pShellItem.Get(), "System.ItemNameDisplay"); 
+					// TODO: Probably should try also SIGDN_NORMALDISPLAY and then SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEPARSING too?
 
-					// Strip the file extension except when the file name contains only extension (e.g. ".gitignore")
-					string strippedExtension = SystemIO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
-					fileName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(strippedExtension) ? SystemIO.Path.GetFileName(fileName) : strippedExtension;
+					// Strip the file extension except when the file name only contains extension (e.g. ".gitignore")
+					if (!FoldersSettingsService.ShowFileExtensions)
+					{
+						string strippedExtension = SystemIO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
+						fileName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(strippedExtension) ? SystemIO.Path.GetFileName(fileName) : strippedExtension;
+					}
 
 					recentItems.Add(new()
 					{