Deleted my photo booth recents.plist file

hey
so i was thinking i would try n import back my old photo booth pictures that managed escaped, back into the app. after reading the forums it seems i need a file 'recents.plist', but i dont have it?
some people have said it automatically comes back... mine, as it appears, has not?
what do i dooo? how do i get'em back in?
cheers
L o u i sss

There is a
com.apple.recentitems.plist
but nothing simply named "recents.plist" at least on my computer.
It would not have any files in it anyway, only the name and location.
If you look through "All Images" in the Finder Sidebar, you will see any and all images on your computer.
If you know the approximate date, you can narrow down the search.
They will most likely be named as such:
Photo 5.jpg, Photo 6.jpg
and so on.
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