diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/startmenu.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/startmenu.cpp
index fe77f92fad8..972d5842a2b 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/startmenu.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/startmenu.cpp
@@ -1125,6 +1125,9 @@ void StartMenu::ActivateEntry(int id, const ShellEntrySet& entries)
 
 			shexinfo.lpIDList = &*shell_path;
 
+			 // add PIDL to the recent file list
+			SHAddToRecentDocs(SHARD_PIDL, shexinfo.lpIDList);
+
 			if (!ShellExecuteEx(&shexinfo))
 				display_error(hparent, GetLastError());