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
    2024-10-02T15:23:22+00:00

    I know right!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-02T15:16:16+00:00

    Just curious about how much harder can Microsoft make our Jobs?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-24T03:35:15+00:00

    Hi,
    I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

    Some changes explained here:

    https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2022/...

    The default homepage of File Explorer is now called Home. The name Quick access has been repurposed for the pinned/frequent folders section and Pinned files is now called Favorites to align with Office and OneDrive.

    Recent and pinned files displayed in Home are now searchable using the search box in File Explorer even if they are not local files, so you can find Office files recently shared with you.

    Yes, they are not announced in the release notes, though.

    Hope that hels.

    The option to pin folders to Explorer which is pinned to the taskbar has been taken away along with the option to pin folders to "Quick Access". I can't pin folders to "Home", as there is no Pinned/Frequent Folders section in my Explorer, so basically Microsoft has removed 2 features that I (and I'm sure many others) use many times a day and not provided an alternative! I am beyond annoyed. Bring this basic functionality back Microsoft 😡😡😡 Why would you make the operating system harder to use on purpose?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-06T15:22:23+00:00

    Maybe my problem was a little different, but all of my dozen or so quick access pinned folders disappeared the day after I used my computer last. I'm running Windows 11 Pro on a computer I've had for only 3 months. No updates were installed recently outside of Microsoft's monthly updates from a couple of weeks ago. After spending a half hour trying several different proposed solutions with nothing working, I started recreating the quick access list from what I could remember. This is where my problem might be different because I still had the "pin to quick access" option when I right clicked on folders, and the pinning worked.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-06T07:24:51+00:00

    Maybe this helps you. I also wish someone could pin this here, but not going to happen I guess

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/quick-access-not-showing-in-navigation-pane-since/40dd289e-e2be-419b-8cce-98f6043ab621

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