From 645c941b0bb598f115080362ad54f6615a63a00e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Webster <miketwebster@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:46:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] recentHelper.py: Don't try to modify the recent list unless
 recents are enabled.

This was throwing an error when launching a program with the recent
plugin disabled.
---
 usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/recentHelper.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/recentHelper.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/recentHelper.py
index c0fab8d..0aceacb 100644
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/recentHelper.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/recentHelper.py
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ def doRecentApps():
 
 def applicationButtonClicked(widget):
     mintMenuWin.hide()
+
+    if settings == None:
+        return
+
     recentAppsAdd(widget)
     recentAppsSave()
     doRecentApps()