Is it possible to launch Word using a custom URI scheme without bringing up recovered documents?

[JanMartin444]

I am launching word using a custom URI scheme.

I am using links of the format ms-word:ofe|u|myurl

If the user shutdown unsafely and Word thinks it should try to recover a document, the next time a user launches word using a custom URI scheme, any "recovered" documents launch as well - this means users are seeing more documents than expected appear and they are confused.

Can I prevent this?

[#2]

While it might make your users very unhappy with you, you would need to disable the saving of AutoRecover information by unchecking the box for Save AutoRecover information every___ minutes under File>Options>Save.

A better plan might be to automate the starting of Word and before having your document open, determine if there are any documents open and if so, display a message asking the user to close any open documents.

For information on how Word handles AutoRecover files, see

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-word-creates-and-recovers-the-autorecover-files-a33ec2...