[Linux] Project Manager not showing recent Projects

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Hi, when creating a project in any location other than the default “~/Documents/Unreal Projects”, the project manager does not show any recent projects. Recent projects do show up in the editor (File → Recent Projects), but not in the project manager/launcher.

I’ve seen many with the same issue, though all are on Windows and none of the workarounds worked for me - I tried setting the path in EditorSettings.ini and creating a temporary project in new location, no joy.

I can only get it to work by creating a symlink at “~/Documents/Unreal Projects” that points to the new projects directory.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

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Hey, I’ve encountered the same problem, and here’s how I managed to solve it. I’ve read somewhere that one of the *.ini files is used to display recent projects.

It turned out to be this one:
/home/igor/.config/Epic/UnrealEngine/5.5/Saved/Config/LinuxEditor/EditorSettings.ini

You should have something like this:

[/Script/UnrealEd.EditorSettings]
LocalDerivedDataCache=(Path="")
SharedDerivedDataCache=(Path="")
bEnableDDCNotifications=True
bNotifyUseUnrealCloudDDC=True
bNotifySetupDDCPath=True
bNotifyEnableS3DD=True
bEnableS3DDC=True
CreatedProjectPaths=/home/igor/UnrealEngine/Projects/Train/Project
AutoScalabilityWorkScaleAmount=1.000000
RecentlyOpenedProjectFiles=(ProjectName="/home/igor/UnrealEngine/Projects/Train/Project/tunnels/Tunnels.uproject",LastOpenTime=2025.02.10-13.17.45)

Change the CreatedProjectPaths to point to your project.