http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15480
--- Comment #26 from Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net --- Hello Kenneth,
not sure if you have read and understood my last comment.
'$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/users/$USER/Recent' folder is automatically created upon prefix creation. It won't be (re)created if you recycle an old prefix where this folder was missing or deliberately deleted this folder in a new prefix. Create a clean (new!) prefix and check if the folder exists. If not then your Wine build/package is broken.
WINEPREFIX=~/foo wineboot ; [[ -d ~/foo/drive_c/users/$USER/Recent ]] && echo "ok"
Regards