Open Recent menu doesn't work

No matter how many projects I work on, the "Open Recent" menu is always blank.
Same in the Project Browser.
Is it limited (deliberately) to only files that have been saved in the official apple-sanctioned folder?
I ask as the .motn files I save in my own folder musername/projectfiles/motion

As I already explained, if some documents where opened from external devices, it appears that they remain in the list of recent items but can't be open.
If you mount the original device the files will open flawlessly.
It's at least the way it behaves here.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 9 décembre 2008 17:28:52)

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Hi Andy,
thanks..i checked the preferences for the com.apple.recentitems.plist and didn't find one.
It seems like the system doesn't write down which items i loaded. I trashed this .plist earlier because i
saw that hint somewhere else.
i did like you said and created a new user account, tested different apps and documents, restarded and everything was displayed proper in the "recent items" Appel menu and in the "open recent" of every App.
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