* Recent files get saved in user/config/registry/instance/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xml Look for PickList there. * This gets handled here: svtools/inc/historyoptions.hxx svtools/source/config/historyoptions.cxx It defines class SvtHistoryOptions, which manages several lists; the recent files are identified the "ePICKLIST" history type. * SvtHistoryOptions gets called from wherever "ePICKLIST" appears: framework/source/classes/menumanager.cxx sfx2/source/appl/appinit.cxx sfx2/source/appl/sfxpicklist.cxx <-- especially interesting, why doesn't everything use it? sd/source/ui/dlg/dlgass.cxx