diff --git a/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.cpp b/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.cpp
index 1d464f22..732b54ab 100644
--- a/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.cpp
+++ b/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QSettings>
 
+static int MaxRecentArchives = 5;
+
 ViewerWindow::ViewerWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags): QMainWindow(parent, flags)
 {
 	setMinimumSize(640, 480);
@@ -22,6 +24,12 @@ ViewerWindow::ViewerWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags): QMainWindow(
 	QMenu* file = mb->addMenu("&File");
 	file->addAction("Open &Archive", this, SLOT(openArchive()));
 	file->addSeparator();
+	for(int i = 0; i < MaxRecentArchives; ++i) {
+		QAction* r = file->addAction("");
+		recentArchives.append(r);
+		connect(r, SIGNAL(triggered()), SLOT(openRecent()));
+	}
+	recentSep = file->addSeparator();
 	file->addAction("E&xit", QApplication::instance(), SLOT(quit()), QKeySequence::Quit);
 	
 	connect(archivewidget, SIGNAL(selectedFileChanged(QString)), viewer, SLOT(showFile(QString)));
@@ -30,6 +38,8 @@ ViewerWindow::ViewerWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags): QMainWindow(
 	QSettings settings("OpenRW", "rwviewer");
     restoreGeometry(settings.value("geometry").toByteArray());
     restoreState(settings.value("windowState").toByteArray());
+	
+	updateRecentArchives();
 }
 
 void ViewerWindow::openArchive(const QString& name)
@@ -46,6 +56,15 @@ void ViewerWindow::openArchive(const QString& name)
 	viewer->world()->gameData.loadIMG(rname.toStdString());
 	
 	archivewidget->setArchive(ld);
+	
+	QSettings settings("OpenRW", "rwviewer");
+	QStringList recent = settings.value("recentArchives").toStringList();
+	recent.removeAll(name);
+	recent.prepend(name);
+	while(recent.size() > MaxRecentArchives) recent.removeLast();
+	settings.setValue("recentArchives", recent);
+	
+	updateRecentArchives();
 }
 
 void ViewerWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event)
@@ -56,7 +75,6 @@ void ViewerWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event)
 	QMainWindow::closeEvent(event);
 }
 
-
 void ViewerWindow::openArchive()
 {
 	QFileDialog dialog(this, "Open Archive", QDir::homePath(), "IMG Archives (*.img)");
@@ -70,3 +88,32 @@ void ViewerWindow::updateTitle(const QString& name)
 	setWindowTitle(name);
 }
 
+void ViewerWindow::openRecent()
+{
+	QAction* r = qobject_cast< QAction* >(sender());
+	if(r) {
+		openArchive(r->data().toString());
+	}
+}
+
+void ViewerWindow::updateRecentArchives()
+{
+	QSettings settings("OpenRW", "rwviewer");
+	QStringList recent = settings.value("recentArchives").toStringList();
+	
+	for(int i = 0; i < MaxRecentArchives; ++i) {
+		if(i < recent.size()) {
+			QString fnm(QFileInfo(recent[i]).fileName());
+			recentArchives[i]->setText(tr("&%1 - %2").arg(i).arg(fnm));
+			recentArchives[i]->setData(recent[i]);
+			recentArchives[i]->setVisible(true);
+		}
+		else {
+			recentArchives[i]->setVisible(false);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	recentSep->setVisible(recent.size() > 0);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.hpp b/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.hpp
index a129cd07..1fc7789f 100644
--- a/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.hpp
+++ b/rwviewer/ViewerWindow.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class ViewerWindow : public QMainWindow
 	ViewerWidget* viewer;
 	ArchiveContentsWidget* archivewidget;
 public:
-	
+
 	ViewerWindow(QWidget* parent = 0, Qt::WindowFlags flags = 0);
 
 	void openArchive(const QString& name);
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ public slots:
 
 	void openArchive();
 	void updateTitle(const QString& name);
+
+private slots:
+
+	void openRecent();
+
+private:
+	
+	QList<QAction*> recentArchives;
+	QAction* recentSep;
+	void updateRecentArchives();
 };
 
 #endif 
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