public RecentFilesList() { RecentFiles = new ObservableCollection <RecentFile>(); var serializedRecentFiles = ApplicationLocalStorageHelper.ReadFrom(RECENTFILESSTORENAME); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(serializedRecentFiles)) { RecentFiles = (ObservableCollection <RecentFile>)ConfigurationSerializer.DeserializeObject(serializedRecentFiles, typeof(ObservableCollection <RecentFile>), new Type [] {}); } }