I tested this with the Windows+R key combo and the popdown is empty. Let me run 2 apps and see if it's populated.
OK, that helped. The popup/down is blank but if I type say the letter C the autocomplete shows recent entries.
Looks like a bug. It's not you.
Hello, I got error while I am trying to find Recent files through "Run" command. Can someone tell me any other way to find recent file?

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