Quick access gives you faster navigation to your most frequent folders and files, and here's how to customize the feature on Windows 10.

Set File Explorer to Open to Your Preferred Folder By default, File Explorer opens to the Home folder containing Quick Access, Favorites, and Recent Items sections.

The Windows 10 File Explorer's new Quick Access view can be handy indeed, but here's how to disable it and bring back the This PC view if you're so inclined.

Quick Access The Quick Access area, which by default is the first section of the Navigation Pane in the left-hand column, is essentially a Bookmarks bar for File Explorer.

If Quick Access crashes File Explorer, run File and Folder Troubleshooter. If this does not work, here are some other fixes that will help.

You can tweak the Group Policy Editor settings to hide files from Office Online in Explorer's Quick Access. Find out how it is done!

The Quick Access toolbar appears by default in File Explorer's title bar. This toolbar holds convenient one-click buttons that let you perform actions like creating a new folder or opening the ...

In Windows 10's File Explorer, the Quick Access pane is a real time-saver. It's also a potential source of clutter and, for PCs that aren't in a private location, a possible privacy risk.