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That did the trick. Thanks for the help!

No, no apps have reappeared. I have tried opening a variety, but the menu is still blank.

Yes, that setting was enabled both before and after my purge/reinstall.

I recently updated to win10 build 1709. Since then, my recent apps list has been empty. I've tried a purge and reinstall with no effect. https://imgur.com/a/CDn72