diff --git a/src/LessMsi.Gui/LessMsi.Gui.csproj b/src/LessMsi.Gui/LessMsi.Gui.csproj
index 25d2784..99a6ec2 100644
--- a/src/LessMsi.Gui/LessMsi.Gui.csproj
+++ b/src/LessMsi.Gui/LessMsi.Gui.csproj
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
       <SubType>Form</SubType>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="MainFormPresenter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Model\ApplicationSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\MsiFileItemView.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\MsiPropertyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\CabContainedFileView.cs" />
diff --git a/src/LessMsi.Gui/Model/ApplicationSettings.cs b/src/LessMsi.Gui/Model/ApplicationSettings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..239d930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LessMsi.Gui/Model/ApplicationSettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace LessMsi.Gui.Model
+{
+	public class ApplicationSettings
+	{
+		static string applicationSettingsFile;
+		static ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
+
+		public List<string> RecentFiles { get; set; } = new List<string>();
+
+
+		public void Save()
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				using (TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(ApplicationSettingsFile))
+				{
+					XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ApplicationSettings));
+					serializer.Serialize(writer, this);
+				}
+			}
+			catch
+			{
+				// Should we nag the user?
+			}
+		}
+
+		static string ApplicationSettingsFile
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if (applicationSettingsFile == null)
+				{
+					string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
+					applicationSettingsFile = Path.Combine(directory, "lessmsi-gui-settings.xml");
+				}
+				return applicationSettingsFile;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static ApplicationSettings Default
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if (applicationSettings == null)
+				{
+					try
+					{
+						using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(ApplicationSettingsFile, FileMode.Open))
+						{
+							XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ApplicationSettings));
+							applicationSettings = (ApplicationSettings)serializer.Deserialize(fs);
+						}
+					}
+					catch
+					{
+						applicationSettings = null;
+					}
+					if (applicationSettings == null)
+					{
+						applicationSettings = new ApplicationSettings();
+					}
+				}
+
+				return applicationSettings;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/LessMsi.Gui/MruMenuStripManager.cs b/src/LessMsi.Gui/MruMenuStripManager.cs
index 877d449..2cd7e7a 100644
--- a/src/LessMsi.Gui/MruMenuStripManager.cs
+++ b/src/LessMsi.Gui/MruMenuStripManager.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 // Authors:
 //	Scott Willeke (scott@willeke.com)
 //
+using LessMsi.Gui.Model;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public MruMenuStripManager(ToolStripMenuItem placeHolderItem)
 
         private void LoadPreferences()
         {
-            var recentFiles = Properties.Settings.Default.RecentFiles;
+            var recentFiles = ApplicationSettings.Default.RecentFiles;
             if (recentFiles == null)
                 return;
             var paths = new string[recentFiles.Count];
@@ -85,9 +86,10 @@ private void LoadPreferences()
         public void SavePreferences()
         {
             PruneItems();
-            var paths = new StringCollection();
-            _items.ForEach((item) => paths.Add(item.FilePathName));
-            Properties.Settings.Default.RecentFiles = paths;
+			//var paths = new StringCollection();
+			ApplicationSettings.Default.RecentFiles.Clear();
+            _items.ForEach((item) => ApplicationSettings.Default.RecentFiles.Add(item.FilePathName));
+			ApplicationSettings.Default.Save();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index ce5c8cf..9c0d2ce 100644
--- a/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.17929
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace LessMsi.Gui.Properties {
     
     
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "11.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "16.8.1.0")]
     internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
         
         private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
@@ -22,16 +22,5 @@ public static Settings Default {
                 return defaultInstance;
             }
         }
-        
-        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
-        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
-        public global::System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection RecentFiles {
-            get {
-                return ((global::System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection)(this["RecentFiles"]));
-            }
-            set {
-                this["RecentFiles"] = value;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.settings b/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.settings
index bed8783..8e615f2 100644
--- a/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/src/LessMsi.Gui/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)" GeneratedClassNamespace="LessMsi.Gui.Properties" GeneratedClassName="Settings">
+<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)">
   <Profiles />
-  <Settings>
-    <Setting Name="RecentFiles" Type="System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection" Scope="User">
-      <Value Profile="(Default)" />
-    </Setting>
-  </Settings>
+  <Settings />
 </SettingsFile>
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