Apps Enable or Disable Recent Files History in Notepad app in Windows 11

@echo off
taskkill /f /im Notepad.exe > NUL 2>&1
timeout /t 2 > NUL

REM Hex values "bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01" is the logged UTC filesystem time, the actual value is irrelevant to the App
REM First hex value is 0 (on) or 1 (off)

(echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 & echo. & echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TEMP\LocalState] & echo ^"RecentFilesEnabled^"=hex^(5f5e10b^):00,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01) > temp.reg

reg load HKLM\TEMP "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Settings\settings.dat" > NUL
reg import temp.reg > NUL 2>&1
reg unload HKLM\TEMP > NUL

del /f temp.reg > NUL

@echo off
taskkill /f /im Notepad.exe > NUL 2>&1
timeout /t 2 > NUL

REM Hex values "bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01" is the logged UTC filesystem time (timestamp).
REM The actual value is irrelevant to the App.

REM RecentFilesEnabled (5f5e10b) (bool)
REM First hex value is 1 (on) or 0 (off).

REM RecentFiles (5f5e10c) (string)
REM   if "RecentFilesEnabled" is disabled:
REM     Six first hex values: 5b,00,5d,00,00,00 (string "[]" in unicode format).
REM   if "RecentFilesEnabled" is Enabled:
REM     Hex values (without the timestamp): the list of recent files (see "RecentFilesFirstLoad" below).

REM RecentFilesFirstLoad (5f5e10b) (bool)
REM First hex value is 1 (on) or 0 (off)
REM Do nothing if "RecentFilesEnabled" is Disabled.
REM   Enabled:
REM     will populate "RecentFiles" with the list of recent files (if there are recent files).
REM     will be set to disabled once the recent files list has been populated.
REM     this is the behavior of the GUI setting toggle.
REM   Disabled:
REM     will not populate "RecentFiles" with the list of recent files.
REM     i.e. "Recent Files" will be enabled with an empty list.

(
    echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    echo.
    echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TEMP\LocalState]
    echo "RecentFilesEnabled"=hex^(5f5e10b^):00,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01
    echo.
    echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TEMP\LocalState]
    echo "RecentFiles"=hex^(5f5e10c^):5b,00,5d,00,00,00,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01
) > temp.reg

reg load HKLM\TEMP "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Settings\settings.dat" > NUL
reg import temp.reg > NUL 2>&1
reg unload HKLM\TEMP > NUL

del /f temp.reg > NUL

echo "RecentFilesEnabled"=hex^(5f5e10b^):00,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01

echo "RecentFilesEnabled"=hex^(5f5e10b^):01,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01

echo "RecentFiles"=hex^(5f5e10c^):5b,00,5d,00,00,00,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01

echo "RecentFilesFirstLoad"=hex^(5f5e10b^):01,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01

echo "RecentFilesFirstLoad"=hex^(5f5e10b^):00,bb,06,e7,a0,74,f5,da,01

# on: 1 (default) | off: 0
$VideoAutoplayReg = @{
    Name  = 'VideoAutoplay'
    Value = $VideoAutoplay -eq 'Enabled' ? '1' : '0'
    Type  = '5f5e10b'
}

# Close Notepad
Get-Process -Name notepad -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -Force

$pkg = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA "Packages\Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe"
$localState = Join-Path $pkg "LocalState"
$sessionState = Join-Path $localState "Session State"

# Make sure folder exists
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $sessionState -Force | Out-Null

# Deny write to session for user
$acl = Get-Acl $sessionState
$rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("$env:USERNAME","Modify","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Deny")
$acl.AddAccessRule($rule)
Set-Acl -Path $sessionState -AclObject $acl