Re: recentf-mode works 'by hand' but not if started from .emacs

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Roland Rau wrote:
> Greg Bognar wrote:
> >
> > Do you have the file that holds the list of recent files, that is,
> > ~/.Emacs/.recentfiles (or whatever you set that variable or, if you don't
> > set it, ~/.recentf, which I think is that default)?
> I have the default setting, i.e .recentf in my home directory.
>
> > Have you modified the menus?
> No.
>
> What happens if you run Emacs with an ~/.emacs which only
> > contains the line (recentf-mode 1)?  Do you get the submenu in the File
> > menu?
> I get the same error message as in my initial post.
>
> Thanks again. Do you have any other idea?
> 
You need (require 'recentf) in your .emacs!