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Greg Bognar wrote:
> 
> I have this:
> 
> (recentf-mode 1)
> (setq recentf-save-file "~/.Emacs/.recentfiles"
>       recentf-max-menu-items 18
>       recentf-menu-filter 'recentf-show-basenames-ascending)
> (load recentf-save-file)
> 
> ... and it works perfectly.
> 

Thanks, surprisingly the behavior of 'my' emacs did not change. :-(

I thought the simplest solution is to do a global keymapping:
(global-set-key [f8] 'recentf-mode)


Thanks,
Roland