Quick Access not showing in navigation pane since Windows 11 update

Anonymous
2022-10-07T05:34:35+00:00

I updated to the latest version of Windows 11 yesterday. When I opened File Explorer, Quick access and recent files/folders were showing to the right of the window, but the Quick Access folder option was missing from the navigation panel on the left. So if I click away from this Window I've lost Quick Access. How do I re-enable Quick Access to the left part of the navigation pane?

Please look at the screenshot before replying. Quick Access is enabled in view mode options and can be seen, but is missing from the left side of the navigation pane.

Thanks for any help.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-03T14:18:37+00:00

    Can you pin a folder or "favorite" a folder instead of a file? I tried but with no luck. The right click option to "pin to quick access" is there and even if I click Home, Quick access is not even there.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-03T09:37:31+00:00

    Quite so. Explorer still says "add to quick access" but there is none....!?
    I have tried all the workarounds and cannot get explorer to "pin" a folder - I don't always just want a file. That was the purpose of Quick access to me so I can navigate directly to a folder where my important stuff was.
    The Home section only shows files, not folders.

    Happy to use "Home" but... no folders....
    Anyone got a work around on this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-01T09:29:17+00:00

    Thank you this did the trick for me. Quick access now shows under Home which is fine.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-19T15:26:59+00:00

    No it does not help. I don't have a day to study all of that.

    Where have the folders gone that used to show in the left navigation pane?

    How do I put them back?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-28T10:23:22+00:00

    I understood you have verschlimmbessert this feature, but leaving this aside - it simply doesn't work anymore on my machine.

    Clicking 'An "Start" anheften' ('Pin to Start') has absolutely no effect anymore. Surely, it is saved somewhere (since the menu item changes to 'Von Start lösen' as soon as pinned), but there are only some randomly selected folders shown under 'Schnellzugriff' ('Quick Access'), some of them pinned, some not, but no folders I intentionally pinned.

    What can I do to make 'Pin to Start' have any effect?

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