diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts
index 4e2b69ef2a62b..e8d961cbd94db 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class VSCodeMenu {
 		}
 
 		let mru = this.getOpenedPathsList();
-		if (isFile || platform.isMacintosh /* on mac we don't treat files any different from folders */) {
+		if (isFile) {
 			mru.files.unshift(path);
 			mru.files = arrays.distinct(mru.files, (f) => platform.isLinux ? f : f.toLowerCase());
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/windows.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/windows.ts
index ed39e7625f0a4..21fc4742a4221 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/windows.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/windows.ts
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ export class WindowsManager {
 		recentPaths = arrays.distinct(recentPaths);
 
 		// Make sure it is bounded
-		return recentPaths.slice(0, 10);
+		return recentPaths.slice(0, 20 /* max 10 files, 10 folders */);
 	}
 
 	private toIPath(anyPath: string, ignoreFileNotFound?: boolean, gotoLineMode?: boolean): window.IPath {