I am setting up another pc for a user running XP and Office 2010. he wants to make sure that the new pc will show all his recent documents in Word. Is there some sort of file I can grab and copy over to the new pc?

The MRU (most recent file list) is held in the registry, so it is specific to that computer. There is no file. Plus the data (file path information) is also specific to that computer. How can you guarantee the EXACT same file locations on the other computer.

There is no export feature, as it would likely be meaningless.

In other words, no you can not take the recent files list from one computer and put it in another.

No. A simple thing to do, in Word 2010, would be once the new computer is set up, open and close his recent documents.

In other words, write down the list from the one computer, then go to the other computer and open and close those same files. Voila. They are now on the Recent Files list.

Exactly. Also be sure to expand the number in the options.

chuckle...yes there is that.