In Windows 11 file explorer navigation pane, how do I move Quick Access pins back to the top of the list?

Anonymous
2022-11-12T22:09:14+00:00

When I updated my machine to Windows 11, the quick access items were moved beneath OneDrive in the File Explorer navigation pane. This is a big inconvenience since I always have my OneDrive folder expanded and can no longer scroll to the top to access my pinned folders. How do I get the pinned Quick Access items back to the top of the navigation pane where I can – ironically – access them quickly?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-23T03:20:43+00:00

    Thanks. I agree that this is the closest we're probably going to get to what we want.

    One remaining issue for me - when I open File Explorer to Home, Home is always collapsed. Is there a way to set it to be expanded by default?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-16T17:06:18+00:00

    OMG

    THIS is the way.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-16T18:29:49+00:00

    Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-21T18:44:38+00:00

    This is absolutely **** retarded. Since when can't I move things around? What is stopping it? Does Microsoft think we're all bumbling idiots that we can't sort things on our own and that OneDrive is so amazing and useful that it has to be at the top no matter what? Jesus Christ, get a dose of reality. This is why I want to go to back to Windows 10, Microsoft can never make 2 OSs in a row that are good. They always make one really good one then really **** awful one. I can't wait for Windows 12. I might downgrade to 10 because of this, this is unacceptable.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-08T23:25:27+00:00

    I (latest WIN11) went with:

    dragging and dropping to create a Quick Access shortcut for the OneDrive - Personal folder.

    using free download Winaero Tweaker's tweak of File Explorer -> Navigation Pane - Default Items to hide the copied "OneDrive - Personal" item.

    (I always create a Windows restore point before doing anything with the Tweaker.)

    I ended up with:

    https://imgur.com/97L55Yk

    Good enough for at least those (like myself) who don't use OneDrive much at all?

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