Win 10 Quick Access mixes frequent folders and recent files

Hello,

I've learned to like the "Quick Access" feature of Win 10. Recently it has shown a strange trait. That is, instead of listing my "frequent folders" in a list in a pane at the top of the window and "recent files" in a pane at the bottom at the bottom of the window (in a separate pane), both "frequent folders" and "recent files" show up on the same detail list (in a single pane).

Likewise, the entries are all sorted by name instead of (recent) date, as I would like.

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Here is a sample (imaged grabbed from Internet) of how it should look. ("Recent folders" in a separate pane at the top and "recent files" at the bottom. This is how I want my Quick Access window to look again.



How can I get Quick access to once again separate the "recent folders" from the "recent files"... and make them sort by "most recent date first"?

By the way, I tried "restore defaults" but that was to no avail.

Thanks!

cbi

No one has ever taken the time to figure out what Microsoft is doing with the algorithm that they are using for Quick Access.

Majority of people disable it, because you are not always accessing those same folders all of the time. Especially if one computer is used just for network shares.

No one has a simple solution for your question, because none of us have figured out Microsoft's algorithm on how they have made Quick Access to behave that way.

Even if you were to reset it back to OOB (Out Of the Box), it will go back to how it is now.

Hello coolblueice, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

Resetting your folder view settings back to default using the tutorial below will fix this for you.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

You're most welcome. I hope it helps. :)