Roland Weigelt's EMAROO A free utility for browsing most recently used (MRU) file lists of multiple applications. Quickly open files, jump to their folder in Windows Explorer, copy their path - all with just a few keystrokes or mouse clicks.   Current version: 1.2.1 (released 2011-10-01)
(Release notes)

Features

• For developers
  • Quickly access most recently used Visual Studio / Blend projects
  • Open Visual Studio 2008 projects in Visual Studio 2010
  • Open Visual Studio projects in Expression Blend
  • Start Visual Studio / Blend as administrator
  • Open the project directory in Window Explorer
  • Copy the full path of a solution file to the clipboard
• For office users
  • Quickly access most recently used Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents.
  • Open the directory containing a document in Windows Explorer
  • Copy the full path of a document to the clipboard

• Other features
  • Open recently used directories typed into Windows Explorer
  • Filter the MRU lists in real-time by typing parts of file or directory names

System Requirements

• At least one of the following applications (to use their MRU lists):
  • Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010
  • Expression Blend 4
  • Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word 2010 (32bit), Microsoft Word 2010 (64bit)
  • Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel 2010 (32bit), Microsoft Excel 2010 (64bit)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (32bit), Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (64bit)
• .NET Framework 4

Tip: Use a global hotkey!

For a tool like Emaroo that is started rather often and is easy to use via keyboard it only makes sense to launch it using a global hotkey. Emaroo itself doesn't come with a feature for defining a global hotkey, but there are several things you can do:

• On Windows 7, you can pin Emaroo to the taskbar and start it using Win + <digit>
  (with <digit> corresponding to the position of the icon in the task bar).
• You can use one of the many hotkey utilities (e.g. Hotkeyz or AutoHotkey)
• If you're not using any of the above, you can use the Emaroo Global Hotkey tool:
  • Download it: Emaroo Global Hotkey 1.2.1
  • Install it into the same directory as Emaroo
  • Run Emaroo Global Hotkey from the Start menu (you will be asked to choose a global hotkey). You only have to start the tool manually once; after the next logon, it will be started automatically.
  This tool is independent from the actual Emaroo version, i.e. once you have installed and configured it, you don't have to care about it when updating Emaroo itself.

Emaroo FAQ

What does the name "Emaroo" stand for?

Emaroo is derived from "most recently used" = MRU = "em ar u" -> "Emaroo"

What does "free" mean, what's the license for the application?

Right now, Emaroo is "free" as in "free beer".

Please read the license for more information.

Will Emaroo support application X in the future?

In the short-term future: Probably not, unless X is something I use often myself.

Will Emaroo allow editing the MRU lists in a future version?

This is something I have been thinking about a lot, but depending on how and when applications store their MRU list, this can range from tricky to downright ugly (at least if you care about not breaking stuff). So the answer is "most likely no".