It wasn't me originally...another person on this forum did it but happy to help! It was driving me crazy, I use and change them all the time. Sweet relief!
How to reorder items in Quick access (File explorer, Windows 11)
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I think my File Explorer (Windows 11) is possessed by an evil creature that enjoys rattling me. Every once in a while it decides to substitute my pinned folders with some random and mostly useless ones.
Today I decided to retry and re-organize that section of File explorer.
I am not able to sort the items I put in Quick Access. Folders are in a completely random order, not alphabetical, not based on usage. It is random.
When I try and move a folder, File Explorer put it back where it was.
This is an incredibly bad application. I fail in understanding how Microsoft is not able to provide a simple and functional File Explorer. I use also a Mac OS system and cannot belive how much better their simple Finder is. At least it enables users to organize their pinned locations as they like.
Is there anyone with a suggestion?
By the way. Besides the name, what do you think the difference between "Quick access" and "Favorites" is?
For the experts: reinstalling Windows is not an option.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2023-05-20T13:51:34+00:00 I worked for me
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Anonymous
2023-06-05T11:19:56+00:00 Thanks, Mats, this really helped. No connection though between Quick access rearrangement and Navigation pane setting (don't!) Show all folders, but hey, MS programmers are not easy to understand gals and guys, so we tend to adjust to whatever they code, not the other way around. I am sure there must be some strange geek logic behind it, so we ordinary users loose time to figure their complicated minds out.
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Anonymous
2023-06-14T19:01:34+00:00 Last night (6/14/2023) Microsoft pushed this to my laptop: "2023-06 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5027231)." Once again, I can't drag and drop Quick Access links in File Explorer. I tried the fix that worked prior to this change being installed (see below for the fix), but it did not work. Also, it is no longer an option in File Explorer to open to Quick Access links. Any ideas?
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Anonymous
2023-06-17T16:28:11+00:00 Thank you. This works. However, some people will discover that "Show all folders" is not checked, yet they have no ability to arrange Quick Access items. The solution, which works for me, is to check the box, apply changes, then uncheck the box and apply changes again. Yet more quality control issues at Microsoft.