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Tools -> Preferences -> Interface
At the bottom, in the Privacy/NetworkInteraction section.

I have that box checked but it still doesn't work.

[Checkmark "Save the recently played items".]
That option does not appear on the version I just downloaded. Your instructions were in 2018. Now it is 2020 and things seemed to have changed. Does anyone know of a way to make this work? Thanks