Finding recent file

In CS3, I created an image about 10 days ago and can't find it. File>Open Recent lists only the seven most recent files. In File Handling of Photoshop Preferences I changed the "Recent file list contains: __ files" to 30. Open Recent still only lists the last seven files. I quit Photoshop and relaunched. No change. Why aren't there more choices showing since this preference change??

wayneswhirld wrote:
…Why aren't there more choices showing since this preference change??
"Recently opened files"—in any application—are actually aliases kept in a normally invisible folder somewhere on your hard disk. The number of aliases that are kept there is dictated by your preference settings, and older aliases are deleted.
The deleted aliases cannot be magically recreated once they've been deleted to make room for new ones within the limit you set yourself earlier. So changing your preferences only affects future opened files.
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