Greetings from Holly Jerusalem
Very nice

Shawn, Thanks for writing this. I see that this change will force my "Links/Favorites" to show again when I click "Quick Access" but is there no way to have them show in the pane on the left under Quick Access?

The problem I have with QuickAccess is that it mirrors the links from jumplists on explorer. I want my jump list folders and my navigation pane folders to be different, like they were in Windows 7.

Is there a way to just add the Favorites / Links folder back to the side of the navigation pane? And I don't mean just listed under quick access, but rather a separate button above it. I feel like it should be possible since OneDrive and Dropbox shove their stupid buttons on the side.

Lots of threads on this subject so I'm not sure where to post. The fix to add favorites to quick access does something useful, but not what I thought it would. I had nothing under Quick Access, it has always said if you open files we'll put them here or some such nonsense, I don't like it, I don't want to see it, I can't add anything to it, etc. Ditto with Recent Items, it shows so much junk that it's easier to just go to the folder rather than wade through an irrelevant list. The reg fix added "Recent Folders" to the very bottom of the explorer left bar, which is kinda like what was in the Win 7 explorer, so that is very useful indeed. BUT, I used my Favorites in Win 7 to keep a static list of all my frequently used folders, that only changed when I added a folder to it (navigate to folder, right click on Favorites, select Add to Favorites). Somehow Win 10 picked up the Favorites from Win 7, so it's still there, with my old folders linked. That doesn't work now, it wants to copy the entire folder and its contents to the Start Menu instead. Why this would be I don't know, I don't know why anyone would want to have a duplicate of a folder under the Start Menu. So, here's the solution that I stumbled on trying to get it to work the way it did in Win 7. There is probably an easier way to do it too.

In Explorer, right click on Favorites, open in a new window. This window will have "Library Tools on the menu. It opens up to Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\FAVORITES. Under Manage, click on Manage Library. Click on Add... in the box. Navigate to the folder you want to add, include folder, done. You're welcome :)

Thanks for this but why does it says "quick access" since it's actually "usual folders" (sorry for translation..)? I actually want my "links" shortcuts to show in the quick access pane just like Windows 7 did.. How do i do that?

Thanks for the quick reply but you forgot the most important : How do i make these appear on the left pane like in W7? I have about 15 and i need them all here, some are folders shortcut, some are script of specific apps.. I use that daily. If it can't be done on 10, please tell me if 8.1 will. Thanks again!