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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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I know this is an older post, but it has just recently started to happen on my computer. I don't even have a "show all folders" option to uncheck. When I click on View, choices are Tiles, Content, Details Pane, Preview pane, and Show. I go into show and my options are Navigation pane, Compact view, Item check boxes, File name Extension, and Hidden items.
Like many of you, this is one of these simple customizations that the inability to do is infuriating, after having spent a bunch of time fruitlessly and uselessly trying in vain.
At any rate, there is one end-run-around option which "works" (and may well have been mentioned earlier) but can be tedious: delete all your quick access pins and redo the list one-by-one in the desired order.
The drawback is, of course, that any changes you want to make afterward may entail redoing the list all over again. So, in that sense, this option does not solve the problem of reordering the pins.
CORRECT!!! THIS IS DRIVING ME BAT$#!++ CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no box like that to check or uncheck. Why is everything such an uphill battle?
Ha! not only didn't work, but cleaned out my pinned folders! LOL because W11 just gets worse and worse!
