Fix recent files not showing (#5997)

Author: gave92

Files/UserControls/Widgets/RecentFilesWidget.xaml.cs

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ private async Task AddItemToRecentListAsync(IStorageItem item, AccessListEntry e
                 // This is only needed to remove files opened from a disconnected android/MTP phone
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Path)) // This indicates that the file was open from an MTP device
                 {
-                    using (var inputStream = await ((BaseStorageFile)item).OpenReadAsync())
+                    using (var inputStream = await item.AsBaseStorageFile().OpenReadAsync())
                     using (var classicStream = inputStream.AsStreamForRead())
                     using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(classicStream))
                     {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ private async Task AddItemToRecentListAsync(IStorageItem item, AccessListEntry e
                 ItemPath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Path) ? entry.Metadata : item.Path;
                 ItemType = StorageItemTypes.File;
                 ItemImage = new BitmapImage();
-                BaseStorageFile file = (BaseStorageFile)item;
+                BaseStorageFile file = item.AsBaseStorageFile();
                 using var thumbnail = await file.GetThumbnailAsync(Windows.Storage.FileProperties.ThumbnailMode.ListView, 24, Windows.Storage.FileProperties.ThumbnailOptions.UseCurrentScale);
                 if (thumbnail == null)
                 {

Files/ViewModels/ItemViewModel.cs

@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ await CoreApplication.MainView.DispatcherQueue.EnqueueAsync(async () =>
                 {
                     if (!item.IsShortcutItem && !item.IsHiddenItem && !FtpHelpers.IsFtpPath(item.ItemPath))
                     {
-                        var matchingStorageFile = (BaseStorageFile)matchingStorageItem ?? await GetFileFromPathAsync(item.ItemPath);
+                        var matchingStorageFile = matchingStorageItem.AsBaseStorageFile() ?? await GetFileFromPathAsync(item.ItemPath);
                         if (matchingStorageFile != null)
                         {
                             var mode = thumbnailSize < 80 ? ThumbnailMode.ListView : ThumbnailMode.SingleItem;
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ await CoreApplication.MainView.DispatcherQueue.EnqueueAsync(async () =>
                 {
                     if (!item.IsShortcutItem && !item.IsHiddenItem && !FtpHelpers.IsFtpPath(item.ItemPath))
                     {
-                        var matchingStorageFolder = (BaseStorageFolder)matchingStorageItem ?? await GetFolderFromPathAsync(item.ItemPath);
+                        var matchingStorageFolder = matchingStorageItem.AsBaseStorageFolder() ?? await GetFolderFromPathAsync(item.ItemPath);
                         if (matchingStorageFolder != null)
                         {
                             var mode = thumbnailSize < 80 ? ThumbnailMode.ListView : ThumbnailMode.SingleItem;