diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
index 74bf18852d..c478499acf 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
@@ -1863,12 +1863,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void LoadLastRomContextMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			LoadRomFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentRoms[0]);
+			LoadRomFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentRoms.MostRecent);
 		}
 
 		private void LoadLastMovieContextMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			LoadMoviesFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentMovies[0]);
+			LoadMoviesFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentMovies.MostRecent);
 		}
 
 		private void BackupMovieContextMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				return;
 			}
 
-			var ext = Path.GetExtension(filePaths[0]) ?? String.Empty;
+			var ext = Path.GetExtension(filePaths[0]) ?? string.Empty;
 			if (ext.ToUpper() == ".LUASES")
 			{
 				OpenLuaConsole();
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 8b0efe57f0..f4c226f9ac 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 			else if (Global.Config.RecentRoms.AutoLoad && !Global.Config.RecentRoms.Empty)
 			{
-				LoadRomFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentRoms[0]);
+				LoadRomFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentRoms.MostRecent);
 			}
 
 			if (cmdMovie != null)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					StartNewMovie(new Movie(Global.Config.RecentMovies[0]), false);
+					StartNewMovie(new Movie(Global.Config.RecentMovies.MostRecent), false);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 				// restarts the lua console if a different rom is loaded.
 				// im not really a fan of how this is done..
-				if (Global.Config.RecentRoms.Empty || Global.Config.RecentRoms[0] != loader.CanonicalFullPath)
+				if (Global.Config.RecentRoms.Empty || Global.Config.RecentRoms.MostRecent != loader.CanonicalFullPath)
 				{
 					GlobalWin.Tools.Restart<LuaConsole>();
 				}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolManager.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolManager.cs
index 8ebc7151e9..594d5470cb 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolManager.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolManager.cs
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			if (!IsLoaded<RamWatch>() && Global.Config.RecentWatches.AutoLoad && !Global.Config.RecentWatches.Empty)
 			{
-				GlobalWin.Tools.RamWatch.LoadFileFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentWatches[0]);
+				GlobalWin.Tools.RamWatch.LoadFileFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentWatches.MostRecent);
 			}
 
 			if (loadDialog)