Quick access gives you faster navigation to your most frequent folders and files, and here's how to customize the feature on Windows 10.

Quick Access: An upgraded Favorites section for the new File Explorer.

Quick Access The Quick Access area, which by default is the first section of the Navigation Pane in the left-hand column, is essentially a Bookmarks bar for File Explorer.

Windows 10 and Windows 11 offer a feature in File Explorer that gives you quick access to your most frequently used folders and recently used files. Let's check out how it works.

You can tweak the Group Policy Editor settings to hide files from Office Online in Explorer's Quick Access. Find out how it is done!

You can make Windows File Explorer open to This PC, instead of Quick Access in Windows 11/10, using GPO< File Explorer Options or REGEDIT.

Since Windows Vista, File Explorer/Windows Explorer lets you save a specific search for quick access later. For our example, we’ll be using Windows 10, but this tip will work for Windows 7 and up.

With the right code and edits to the Registry File, you can add access to the Control Panel directly into Windows 11 File Explorer.