Questions tagged [windows-10-quick-access]
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How do I prevent file explorer from automatically adding things to Quick Access?
Windows File Explorer always pins folders that I frequently use to Quick Access. At the moment, I like my quick access bar how it is and I don't want it to be changed at all. Right now I have to manually remove the auto-added folders from quick…
Picachieu
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Changing Location of User's Personal Folders Only Partially Works
I changed the location of a user's personal folders to a mounted network drive, by modifying the values under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. After restarting explorer, the folders are moved…
user7391836
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Cannot pin a certain drive to Quick Access in Windows 11
I have pinned several drives and folders to Quick Access in Windows 11. No problems. But I have an F-drive that is 7 Tb that will not pin to quick access. The pin option is available, as you can see:
...but it does nothing. I even tried rebooting,…
HerrimanCoder
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Can we tune Quick Access in the Windows Explorer
I find the Quick Access feature in Windows Explorer (in particular under Windows 10) pretty useful. But I am missing some functionality:
a list of Recent folders instead of Frequent,
a list of Frequent files instead of Recent,
the possibility to…
Yves Daoust
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Disable file type extension ribbon tab on windows explorer
I've searched for an answer on this site but op never clarified their problem and it's really bugging me now. Is there a way to disable the little play/manage tabs on the Windows Explorer ribbon?
echips
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PowerShell, add the Recycle Bin to Quick access
I would very much like to add the "Recycle Bin" to the "Quick access" area of File Explorer using PowerShell (as this is a standard thing that I like to have on all new systems). Adding to "Quick access" is simple:
$oShell = New-Object -ComObject…
YorSubs
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Remove "Google Drive" from Quick Access default options
I am trying to completely remove every trace of this "Google Drive" folder on my computer (the folder is deleted) but upon resetting Quick access to default by deleting this file…
Tommaso
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Can't click on quick-access after I moved Desktop + Documents + Downloads from C drive to D
I have 2 drives currently: C which is 111GB SSD and D which is ~500GB HDD. Because the only thing I want on my C drive are OS-related stuff (Such as the OS itself, windows 10 of course and Virtual machines that I'm using - VM ware + Ubuntu64) I…
0Interest
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Quick Access "Frequent Folders" Keeps Disappearing on Windows 10 1909
For some time now, I have been having an annoying issue with the Quick Access page on Windows 10. My "Frequent Folders" list keeps disappearing, and my "Recent Files" list keeps changing its view mode to "Details." It looks like this (file names…
DaveTheMinion
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Opening zip file slows down explorer if SVN enabled folder is in quick access list
I have a couple of SVN folders in my quick access list, and TortoiseSVN installed. After opening a .zip file using Explorer's built-in viewer, Explorer slows down whenever a file is selected. This problem persists even after navigating away from…
syockit
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Why is sorting of pinned items in Quick Access not working in Windows 11?
Since the 22H2 update (guessing) I cannot sort the items in the quick access ("Home") in the Windows file explorer anymore. I can add new folders (pin to quick access) - but it is always pinned at the end of the list.
Trying to re-sort the list with…
Konrad
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Why does this item appear in Windows folders' sidebar, below quick access?
Why does "Storage 1" appear in the Windows sidebar?
It's not in quick access, it's on the same level as "This PC" and "Network".
I've never added it, and there is no way to remove it. Furthermore, I have several hard drives, why just one is showing…
Wes
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How do I add Custom Entries to the Windows 10 Navigation Pane?
My goal is to add an entry to Windows 10's Navigation Pane that holds user-defined items. The idea is to create a new category outside of the existing ones so that items can be added under it without creating too many entries under Quick Access.…
Bill Casey
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How does the Windows File Explorer Quick Access recent items feature work?
I'm not talking about pinned items here, but the "recently opened" items that show up below those. I say "recently opened" because I assume that's supposed to be the case, but it's not for me. Let me explain further with a screenschot:
As you can…
Kenny83
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Lost ability to drag files/folders to a network folder pinned in Quick Access - how to fix?
Some time ago I lost the ability to drag files/folders to a network folder pinned in Quick Access - how to fix this?
Destination folder is located on a Windows XP machine, so that might have something to do with it.
I also have another folder…
Shajirr
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