diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/entries.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/entries.cpp
index dcf89d8bf56..eda33e3cb8a 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/entries.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/entries.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,10 @@ BOOL Entry::launch_entry(HWND hwnd, UINT nCmdShow)
 	if (!get_path(cmd))
 		return FALSE;
 
-	  // start program, open document...
+	 // add path to the recent file list
+	SHAddToRecentDocs(SHARD_PATH, cmd);
+
+	 // start program, open document...
 	return launch_file(hwnd, cmd, nCmdShow);
 }
 
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/shellfs.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/shellfs.cpp
index 8e4b7070c19..a9a953fccfd 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/shellfs.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/shellfs.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ BOOL ShellEntry::launch_entry(HWND hwnd, UINT nCmdShow)
 	ShellPath shell_path = create_absolute_pidl();
 	shexinfo.lpIDList = &*shell_path;
 
+	 // add PIDL to the recent file list
+	SHAddToRecentDocs(SHARD_PIDL, shexinfo.lpIDList);
+
 	BOOL ret = TRUE;
 
 	if (!ShellExecuteEx(&shexinfo)) {