On Windows 10, whenever you open File Explorer, you're presented with the Quick access view, which includes your frequent folder navigations as well as a list of your recent files.

Quick Access is a new feature in Windows 11/10 File Explorer navigation pane. In Windows 8.1 Explorer Navigation Pane, you had Favorites, but now Quick Access seems to have replaced it.

How to change Windows 10’s Quick Access view to This PC To do so, first open File Explorer, then click View > Options in the Ribbon menu. You’ll see a menu with a few different settings ...

Set File Explorer to Open to Your Preferred Folder . By default, File Explorer opens to the Home folder containing Quick ...

I n certain respects, File Explorer is better on Windows 11. However, it still has problems. For instance, ... Watch the number of items pinned to Quick Access in File Explorer .

Add Control Panel access to File Explorer in Windows 11. To clarify what we are about to accomplish, Figure A shows you a typical Quick Access view of File Explorer.