Merge from 3.x: PR #7515

Fixes #7513
spyder-ide · Jul 21, 2018 · ea9797e · ea9797e
2 parents ce36408 + fefa51a
commit ea9797e
Showing 1 changed file with 11 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/spyder/widgets/projects/type/__init__.py b/spyder/widgets/projects/type/__init__.py
@@ -70,13 +70,20 @@ def set_recent_files(self, recent_files):
         for recent_file in recent_files[:]:
             if not os.path.isfile(recent_file):
                 recent_files.remove(recent_file)
-        self.CONF[WORKSPACE].set('main', 'recent_files',
-                                 list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(recent_files)))
+        try:
+            self.CONF[WORKSPACE].set('main', 'recent_files',
+                                     list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(recent_files)))
+        except EnvironmentError:
+            pass
 
     def get_recent_files(self):
         """Return a list of files opened by the project."""
-        recent_files = self.CONF[WORKSPACE].get('main', 'recent_files',
-                                                default=[])
+        try:
+            recent_files = self.CONF[WORKSPACE].get('main', 'recent_files',
+                                                    default=[])
+        except EnvironmentError:
+            return []
+
         for recent_file in recent_files[:]:
             if not os.path.isfile(recent_file):
                 recent_files.remove(recent_file)