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

[Roland Rau]

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?

Best,
Roland