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    No shortcuts appear in Navigation pane of Windows 10 like it did in older versions of Windows. - Solved!

    Symbolic link not showing up in Navigation Pane of Windows 10. Instead of using Quick Access. How to get show up there?
  2. Windows 11 Windows 11 can’t pin documents library onto quick access

    Must be a bug or something; meaning that Windows 11 is still crap. Don’t know if this is the right forum to post on. My work uses Windows 11. They wanted to move from cloud storage to local storage. I successfully got rid of OneDrive and moved all the libraries to their local directories...
  3. Windows 10 File Explorer: Removing my unwanted Quick Access Music folders

    For some reason, the Quick Access list of folders in File Explorer recently included an elastic list of folders from my Music library. If I remove one, it adds the next one in the alphabet. How do I remove all these Music folders from Explorer?
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    Recent folders in quick access menu

    Does anyone know how Windows chooses which recent folders to display in the File Explorer's Quick Access menu? My software continuously displays slightly older folders, not the most recent ones. It randomly will add a new one however. I've tried opening folder several times in a row and it...
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    Windows 10 Explorer on taskbar

    The latest feature update has just been installed and it has messed up my desktop; I have got things back to normal except for the Explorer icon on the taskbar. Previously I had set it - many years ago - to open with Documents/Documents, but now it opens with the Quick Access screen instead, and...
  6. Windows 10 File Manager Quick Access Grouping Lost

    I'm running Windows10 Home, v.21H2, with all updates. As of yesterday Quick Access in File Manager has lost its grouping of folders and files. I've made no intentional changes and nothing I've read on the web has brought them back. Can anyone help? Thanks.
  7. Windows 10 "Quick access" menu

    The quick access folder is a great idea ... to a point ... Just because I am working in or, on a folder doesn't mean I will need to open it again. I am moving music files around and will most likely delete said folder anyway. This isn't happening all the time but, if I have a folder open for...
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    Windows 10 Can't remove old document folder located on removed server from Quick Access Menu in Windows

    In the past, on some of our client machines (Win 10 Pro, latest version), had their user account document folder relocated to the H: location in the home folder for their server side account. We now have changed that model, so that all document folders shall remain local on the local machines...
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    Windows 10 My Quick Access Toolbar and Notepad Background become black

    Hi, has anyone seeing this issue, please help as I already change the Colors settings in Personalize to Light, but yet the problem still occursLink Removed. Notepad Background Become Black Link Removed Most of the Applications, their background become black, Link Removed Due to the dark...
  10. Windows 10 Increase quick access pin limit

    Hey, Does anyone know how to increase the pinned items to the left in file explorer under quick access since i would like to have more but it wont let me since 48 pinned shortcuts seems to be the limit? When i search around i only find how to increases the pinned count when u right click icons...
  11. Windows 10 New install Win10Pro - Downloads Folder Missing/Redirect

    I have a fresh install of Win10Pro. However, when I look at File Explorer, there is no Quick Access Link for "Downloads" and there is also no "Downloads entry under the "This PC" section. The "This PC" entry will not allow me to add a new Folder either as it redirects to network. When I use...
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    Windows 10 quick access

    I am going to disable this feature as it seems to be unhappy lately. That's ok to do right? Thanks.
  13. Windows 10 Small Problem With Files Icons In Quick Access

    Hi, no matter what I put the files in "Large Icons" status, they go back to "Details" status after some time on their own. I want them to stay as "Large Icons" permanently. That only happens when I access my hard drives through Quick Access Toolbar. My windows version is 1809.
  14. Windows 10 Quick access (File Explorer) fails to search Pictures folder

    Quick access contains the folders: Documents, Music, Pictures, Video On the right side of the window, there is a Quick access search field. Entering a search will find matching files in 3 folders but not matching files in the Pictures folder. If I navigate directly to the Pictures folder then...
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    Windows 10 Help deleting quick links in file explorer

    I just installed an update for my computer and have this issue where there are extra quick selection links in my file explorer and they are blank. Does anyone know what is causing this and how to fix this? I have scanned my computer for any viruses and it is clean. I am running 64 bit windows...
  16. Windows 10 issue with 'Quick Access' panel on folders

    I really didn't expect this. I had a 3tb drive that was partitioned into two smaller drives. I decided to dump both and bring the drive back into a full drive, obviously losing one drive letter. The problem now, is I neglected to delete all the quick access shortcuts. I use these quite a bit...
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    Windows 10 I have 2 questions about Notification area ?

    How to remove OneDrive in Desktop trees folder while I'm turning it on or show all folders ? Even though I have deleted several times and make don't appear it into notification area too while I'm assigning as a toolbar of desktop. And how to create a shortcut of Quick Access with sub items menu...
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    Windows 10 "Group" and "Sort" greyed out in quick access

    I got accustomed to the "Group by" and "Sort by" features from Quick Access pretty quickly after upgrading to Windows 10. Recently, however, both group and sort features have greyed out and have zero effect no matter the folder view I'm in (details, content, etc.) Has this happened to anyone else?
  19. How To: Change How Windows 10 File Explorer Opens

    File Explorer in Windows 10 opens to Quick Access by default. But you can change this. read more Continue reading...
  20. How To: Use Quick Access in Windows 10's File Explorer

    Windows 10's new Quick Access feature allows you to pin your favorite folders for easy and quick access. read more Continue reading...