The usual cause of this is TweakUI (having suppressed the MRU list on the
Start menu).

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"Tammy IPS" wrote in message
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When I go to Tools, Options, General tab, the recently used file list is
greyed out and I cannot select it? How do i get it to turn to black so I
can
select it. Thanks.