I purchased a new laptop a few months ago (Lenovo Flex), and the Quick Access list is very long, and does not even display the recent folder I have been and out of several times today, but it does list folders that I have not even been in at all...at least not in recent memory. It's been this way from day one.
I've been unable to figure out how to get it back to normal.
Any suggestions?
Hi, I searched the tutorial section for you for Quick Access reset:
These may be of help:
Reset and Clear Recent Items and Frequent Places in Windows 10
How to Reset and Clear Quick Access Pinned Folders in Windows 10
I think your thread title (Quick access folder - worthless) answers your question.
Question: Quick access folder
Answer: worthless
Did you try clearing the list? I use it frequently, but I know when you first start, or clear it, it takes a while to show the correct "recently used".
I found a different solution. I just removed Quick Access, entirely.
1. Open the Windows Registry as an administrator by launching the Run command using the Windows + R keyboard shortcut, typing "regedit", and hitting Enter.
2. Navigate to the following registry path:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}\ShellFolder
3. Now you need to change the permissions of ShellFolder, right-click ShellFolder, select Permissions, then click the Advanced button.
4. At the top of Advanced Security Settings for ShellFolder, change the ownership of the folder to "Administrators".
5. To do this, click Change, click Advanced, click the Find Now button, and from "search results" select "Administrators", then click OK, OK again, then Apply, hit OK, and hit OK one last time to close the ShellFolder Permissions box.
6. Now... Under "Group or User Names", choose: Administrators and put a check mark in... "Full Control"
Then click Apply and OK.
7. With that completed, we can now change the settings to remove Quick Access from File Explorer.
8. Inside "ShellFolder", double-click Attributes, and change data value from a0100000 to a0600000, and click OK.
9. You can now either restart Windows 10 or open the Task Manager, find and select Windows Explorer, and click Restart from bottom-right corner.
Thanks for that!
I may go down that path. However I discovered something interesting: I focused on the long list of items in the Quick list, and I noticed that it was a long list of folders that were pinned to the Quick list. I had to right-click on them and unpin them, one by one.
It seems to me that somehow maybe the Documents folder contents were pinned there. I have no idea how... I know that I never pinned them there. (They've been there quite a while, but I've put off trying to figure out what was going on).
After that I went to a folder and launched a file, and it showed up on the quick list.
If it goes screwy again, I'll try the deletion of the Quick list as documented by @Ghot. If I have to do that I will post back here in cast this thread becomes helpful to someone else.
You can also remove all those other folders if desired.
Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10
Quick Access displays two categories of folders: pinned andfrequent. You expressed frustration at not seeing recent folders.
Search the tutorials for adding Recent Folders to Quick Access or the Navigationn Pane.
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