Restored favorites in explorer navigation pane missing dropdown arrow

I've restored the favorites link in the file explorer navigation pane in Windows 10 with a registry tweak, however there is no arrow or dropdown menu effectively making it useless. I've done so much searching on how to fix this issue but it seems nobody else has ever come across it. Any help? 22H2
How to re-add Favorites to navigation pane of Windows 10 Explorer

I'd wager that a right-click and Properties of that icon will show it is a shortcut to the actual location of the folder, signified by the upward curving to the right of the little blue arrow.

I suggest you seek advice from whoever gave you the procedure that you used to add that link in the Navigation pane as an independent entry.



All the best,
Denis

The fact that the relevant TenForumsTutorial procedure has the same behaviour makes me think that you will not find the solution you desire.
Add or Remove Favorites in Navigation Pane of File Explorer - TenForumsTutorials

And the fact that the author of the procedure you used said he'd look into a solution eight years ago rather endorses that.
But somebody else did post what they said was a solution in that webpage.


All the best,
Denis

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Consider other ways to add favourites - in many Open/Save dialogues as well as file explorer.

a. Listary (free/pro) - invoke by middle click in empty space in file explorer etc or from tray icon.
Does much more.

b. Actual Window Manager (and subsets for reduced fee) - adds buttons to the title bar including favourites and recent.
Does a lot more.

c. Note that Qttabbar does NOT add favourites- only recent files.

Example of Listary with f explorer:
Attachment 407977

Did you Move the Location of the Users files (ie) Desktop, Downloads, Documents etc to the D:\Maxone drive? If so, browse to the directory and restore the Favorites, and other user files to their default location (see below)
You can also Right click this folder and choose to Pin to Quick Access
If not,
Browse to C:\Users\UserName right click the Favorites folder, choose Properties, choose the Location tab, and press the Restore Default button.

If you want to restore those User files to the D:\Drive, open that up, create an empty folder named Favorites, etc and in the C:\Users\UserName directory right click the Favorites folder, choose Properties/Location tab and click the Move button and browse it to the empty folder on D:\ and overwrite the empty folder. The shortcut now will point to the D:\ drive.