Quick Access, a feature in File Explorer allows you easy access to your recent files and folders. You can manually pin or unpin frequently used folders via Quick Access. In the recent Windows 11 ...

Quick access is the panel that opens when you click on the File Explorer icon on the Taskbar. Even if you open the File Explorer from the Taskbar search box, it opens the Quick access panel on Windows ...

Some people just aren’t fans of File Explorer’s Favorites section (known as Quick access in Windows 10). They’re missing out. Because for anyone who regularly goes back and forth between a specific ...

How to add quick access icons to the Start Menu in Windows 11 Your email has been sent An often overlooked tweak of the Windows 11 Start Menu is something users have been doing since the beginning, ...

Windows: Quick access to key folders on your system can be a big time saver. MedalFolders puts all your favorite locations two clicks away in the system tray. After installing MedalFolders, open up ...

Windows 8 rechristened My Computer to This PC and introduced the love-it-or-hate-it Ribbon interface to File Explorer, and now Windows 10 introduces another major tweak to Microsoft’s file system: A ...

How to add Control Panel access to File Explorer in Windows 11 Your email has been sent Under normal operating conditions, users and even administrators do not need to access the old Windows Control ...

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Your desktop, whether Windows 11 or macOS, is the handiest spot for the applications, files, and folders you use most. Maybe you’d like to organize your desktop icons by placing some in a folder. Or ...