Recently used file list is grayed out, why?

I just installed Excel 2003 and have one very odd problem. This is
that the "Recently used file list" is grayed out, which means that I
have to open files from the File Menu | Previous Files list rather
than the open menu. I realize that this is a minor irritation, but
I'm curious why I'm having the problem.

The configuration item is here: Tools | Options | General | it is the
4th item in the left column in Settings.

TIA, Bill

I solved it, this turned out to be a conflict with a TweakUI setting
as described here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;284896


On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:16:45 -0700, MrBill <[email protected]> wrote:

>I just installed Excel 2003 and have one very odd problem. This is
>that the "Recently used file list" is grayed out, which means that I
>have to open files from the File Menu | Previous Files list rather
>than the open menu. I realize that this is a minor irritation, but
>I'm curious why I'm having the problem.
>
>The configuration item is here: Tools | Options | General | it is the
>4th item in the left column in Settings.
>
>TIA, Bill