diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 39e51384..6f092442 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+05-august-2009 - adelikat - win32 - fixed an erroneous assumption made in 2.1.1 that caused the recent roms menu to be grayed out even when there were recent roms (however, it uncovered an underlying bug in the recent menu saving that needs to be fixed at some point).
 
 ---r1375 - FCEUX 2.1.1---
 ---July 29, 2009---
diff --git a/src/drivers/win/window.cpp b/src/drivers/win/window.cpp
index f0b0d4d7..bbe911b9 100644
--- a/src/drivers/win/window.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/win/window.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ string gettingstartedhelp = "{C76AEBD9-1E27-4045-8A37-69E5A52D0F9A}";//Getting S
 
 //********************************************************************************
 
+bool HasRecentFiles()
+{
+	for (int x = 0; x < MAX_NUMBER_OF_RECENT_FILES; x++)
+	{
+		if (recent_files[x])
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 HWND GetMainHWND()
 {
 	return MainhWnd;
@@ -1980,7 +1991,7 @@ adelikat: Outsourced this to a remappable hotkey
 		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_POWER,MF_BYCOMMAND | (FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_POWER)?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED));
 		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_TASEDIT,MF_BYCOMMAND | (FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_TASEDIT)?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED));
 		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_CLOSE_FILE,MF_BYCOMMAND | (FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_CLOSEGAME) && GameInfo ?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED));
-		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_RECENT_FILES,MF_BYCOMMAND | ((FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_OPENGAME) && recent_files[0]) ?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED)); //adelikat - added && recent_files, otherwise this line prevents recent from ever being gray when tasedit is not engaged
+		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_RECENT_FILES,MF_BYCOMMAND | ((FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_OPENGAME) && HasRecentFiles()) ?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED)); //adelikat - added && recent_files, otherwise this line prevents recent from ever being gray when tasedit is not engaged
 		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_OPEN_FILE,MF_BYCOMMAND | (FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_OPENGAME)?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED));
 		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_RECORD_MOVIE,MF_BYCOMMAND | (FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_RECORDMOVIE)?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED));
 		EnableMenuItem(fceumenu,MENU_REPLAY_MOVIE,MF_BYCOMMAND | (FCEU_IsValidUI(FCEUI_PLAYMOVIE)?MF_ENABLED:MF_GRAYED));