The items listed in the Clear Recent Projects List dialog rarely match the items actually listed on the menu. For example, see the image at recent-bug.png
It doesn't help that the items in the list are so poorly formatted.
There may once have been a reason for including {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} multiple times in every entry, but it really doesn't help us find things.
The actual list shows each entry only once, while the dialog's list has some item multiple times.
Selecting items for removal doesn't always remove the item with the same name, we suspect it may be more positional than referential.
Even selecting ALL items for removal often results in a new list that may even contain some of the removed items or may be entirely new items. So it appears impossible to simply clear the recent projects list.
I would have noticed this sooner, but the name of this item on the menu kept me from ever choosing it until I wanted to completely remove all recent project history (due to a VS2019 bug that has some items stuck at the top of the list.) That is what the name means to me and the other developers here. Not sure what would be better, but adding the '...' to indicate that something more will be displayed before the list is cleared would be a start. I know this is a duplicate, but since the original is three years old and changing the menu text should not be THAT difficult, it bears repeating.
I would have noticed this sooner, but the name of this item on the menu kept me from ever choosing it until I wanted to completely remove all recent project history (due to a VS2019 bug that has some items stuck at the top of the list.) That is what the name means to me and the other developers here. Not sure what would be better, but adding the '...' to indicate that something more will be displayed before the list is cleared would be a start. I know this is a duplicate, but since the original is three years old and changing the menu text should not be THAT difficult, it bears repeating.