TextEdit won't display recent files

TextEdit won't display recent files! THIS USED TO WORK-- but now all I see is the words (greyed-out) "Clear Menu". Not even sure what that means.
My recent files works fine in WORD and other applications that offer this. Any comments appreciated as to how to get this feature back!
Best regards,
Steve Schulte
Friday 22 March 2013

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
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If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
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