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
    2022-11-21T04:01:13+00:00

    Right click in the area that used to show Quick Access. Click 'show libraries'. This will allow you to navigate the folder structures under documents etc.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-16T20:34:06+00:00

    Mine shows Quick Access but Recent is gone. Nowhere to be found. Had online session with Support and they could not solve it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-28T03:33:06+00:00

    I totally agree! They made it tougher to use one of the best features of Windows, the File Explorer. I guess someone in design has to justify their job.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-28T20:08:14+00:00

    This was a very poor design decision by MS. Now it's hard to find and it re-scans the disk, taking at least 30 seconds, before i can find my stuff. This is anything BUT "quick" and obscure.

    Why even bother having it at all.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-28T23:06:48+00:00

    It's 2/28/23 and yesterday's update just removed the My Favorites navigation from the left window. Something I've used for YEARS and built my navigation workflow around. Why now? I don't know, but now none of the workarounds discussed here work.

    I'm so pissed off by this. As someone else said, MS just "fixed" something that wasn't broken and basically f'd it up. Do you even ask your customers how they use the f-ing software? You **** just cost me an hour of trying to figure out what went wrong with a basic feature that NOONE in the their right mind could POSSIBLY screw with. I'm sending over a bill for you idiots wasting my time!!

    What does a Apple Powerbook cost these days?

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