Thank you, this contained exactly the information I needed. However, I was trying to recreate the "Recent Places" functionality of Windows 7. My wife and I use "Recent Places" extensively -- sorted by Modified Date it is a very handy way to get directly to the folder in which you just saved something from most any program. It may seem like a very small thing, but it would cause major issues with my wife if I upgraded our main computer to Windows 10 and didn't recreate the "Recent Places" somehow!

Here is a quick 2-step method to recreate "Recent Places" functionality in Windows 10:
1. Open File Explorer and paste the following into the address bar:%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99}


2. Now on the top left of the left pane, right click "Quick Access" and then click "Pin current folder to Quick access"

Tada, all done! Well, now it's called "Recent folders" instead of "Recent Places", but my wife can handle that!

I have created the Recent Folders shortcut successfully, and it can pin to task bar and start menu, but Windows is denying me from pinning or copying to the Quick Access Menu, which is where i really need it. I also tried the instructions to pin it after entering the address in the address bar, to no avail. I don't know why I can't get it to work, when it looks like you all got it to work. I believe i am updated to the current version of windows 10. Thanks for any help, i so miss having my recent folders. Why o why would they get rid of that function??!!

Brink said:

Hello Jen, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

I'm afraid that only folders can be pinned to Quick Access.

If you like, you could pin a folder to Quick Access, and save the shortcut in the folder.

I am also having a problem of getting the Recent Folders to show up in Quick Access when I try to "Save as" from IE 11 (which I have to use for certain corporate applications). The Recent Folders is not visible! I tried to solve this by putting the Recent folders icon created from your advice (%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99} in a folder, then put the folder in Quick Access. Result: the Folder shows up in Quick Access, but when I click on it while trying to Save As, the folder is empty! I am baffled.

Brink said:

Hello Lanny, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

Do you have Quick Access showing in the navigation pane in File Explorer?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

If so, is it empty as well?

I do have Quick Access panel. And when I am in File Explorer, I can see the Recent folders, but not when I click on Quick Access from IE as I am trying to save a file. I can see Quick Access, and I can see a "Recent Folders Folder" I created to house the Recent folders shortcut, but I can't see the Recent Folders shortcut itself (or any recent folders!) I wanted to show you screen shots, but I can't seem to insert jpgs.

Brink said:

In your "Save as" screenshot, you have all the recent folders listed under "Frequent folders". Quick access is the new recent folders location.

If one is not there, you should be able to "Pin to Quick access" the folder to add it.

You won't see files or shortcuts in the "Save as" dialog since it's wanting you to select a folder location to save to.

If I'm not understanding you correctly, then please let me know. :)

Quick Access is NOT, as you know, the same as Recent Folders. It shows "Frequent Folders" which Win 10 somehow decides to display by some rule of which I am not aware. I created a Recent Folders per the instructions offered on this Forum and it is very valuable during a Save As operation, yet it doesn't appear to be possible to get easy access to those recent folders.