private void ReadRecentFileList()
        {
            var recentFiles = _recentFileList.GetRecentFiles();

            _recentFileInfos.Clear();

            foreach (var rfile in recentFiles)
            {
                if (!File.Exists(rfile))
                {
                    continue; // ignore non-existing files
                }
                var file    = new FileInfo(rfile);
                var fileExt = file.Extension.ToLower().Substring(1);
                if (ComponentInformations.EditorExtension != null && ComponentInformations.EditorExtension.ContainsKey(fileExt))
                {
                    bool   cte         = (fileExt == "cte");
                    Type   editorType  = ComponentInformations.EditorExtension[fileExt];
                    string xmlFile     = Path.Combine(file.Directory.FullName, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name) + ".xml");
                    string iconFile    = null;
                    Span   description = new Span();
                    string title       = null;

                    if (File.Exists(xmlFile))
                    {
                        try
                        {
                            XElement xml          = XElement.Load(xmlFile);
                            var      titleElement = XMLHelper.GetGlobalizedElementFromXML(xml, "title");
                            if (titleElement != null)
                            {
                                title = titleElement.Value;
                            }

                            var summaryElement     = XMLHelper.GetGlobalizedElementFromXML(xml, "summary");
                            var descriptionElement = XMLHelper.GetGlobalizedElementFromXML(xml, "description");
                            if (summaryElement != null)
                            {
                                description.Inlines.Add(new Bold(XMLHelper.ConvertFormattedXElement(summaryElement)));
                            }
                            if (descriptionElement != null && descriptionElement.Value.Length > 1)
                            {
                                description.Inlines.Add(new LineBreak());
                                description.Inlines.Add(new LineBreak());
                                description.Inlines.Add(XMLHelper.ConvertFormattedXElement(descriptionElement));
                            }

                            if (xml.Element("icon") != null && xml.Element("icon").Attribute("file") != null)
                            {
                                iconFile = Path.Combine(file.Directory.FullName, xml.Element("icon").Attribute("file").Value);
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception)
                        {
                            //we do nothing if the loading of an description xml fails => this is not a hard error
                        }
                    }

                    if ((title == null) || (title.Trim() == ""))
                    {
                        title = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name).Replace("-", " ").Replace("_", " ");
                    }
                    if (description.Inlines.Count == 0)
                    {
                        string desc;
                        if (cte)
                        {
                            desc = Properties.Resources.This_is_an_AnotherEditor_file_;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            desc = Properties.Resources.This_is_a_WorkspaceManager_file_;
                        }
                        description.Inlines.Add(new Run(desc));
                    }

                    if (iconFile == null || !File.Exists(iconFile))
                    {
                        iconFile = Path.Combine(file.Directory.FullName, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name) + ".png");
                    }
                    var image = File.Exists(iconFile) ? ImageLoader.LoadImage(new Uri(iconFile)) : editorType.GetImage(0).Source;

                    _recentFileInfos.Add(new RecentFileInfo()
                    {
                        File        = rfile,
                        Title       = title,
                        Description = new TextBlock(description)
                        {
                            MaxWidth = 400, TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap
                        },
                        Icon       = image,
                        EditorType = editorType
                    });
                }
            }
            _recentFileInfos.Reverse();
        }