Windows 10: Add or Remove Favorites from Navigation Pane in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Favorites from Navigation Pane in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Favorites in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10


Information Favorites in the navigation pane is a way to easily access items in your %UserProfile%/Links folder.

Windows 10 replaced Favorites from previous Windows with Quick access.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Favorites in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: Favorites in navigation pane






Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add Favorites to Navigation Pane
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below for your step 4 below.

32-bit_Add_Favorites_to_Navigation_Pane.reg

Download

OR

64-bit_Add_Favorites_to_Navigation_Pane.reg

Download

3. To Remove Favorites Navigation Pane
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Favorites_from_Navigation_Pane.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.




That's it,
Shawn


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Change the default action for .reg files

One of my favorite tweaks after installing a build is this one:

Add or Remove Recycle Bin from Navigation Pane in Windows 10

 

RE : Double E drive

How to Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10

 

Hello Beta, and welcome to Ten Forums.

I'm afraid that I'm not aware of a way to have Favorites expand in the navigation pane yet. *Sad

 

Order of commands are vital? For example this one also works?
Code: "{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}"=- [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}][/quote]

 

And what's this exact command?
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}]

 

Your first command is incorrect and not valid.

The second command you posted is not part of the downloads for this tutorial.

 

OK let's forget about the 2nd one.
But 1st one is just your tutorial, in different order, and my question was that here is your code:

Code: [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}"=- [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}][/quote] I just asked can I change the order of commands like below?

Code: "{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}"=- [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}][/quote] Is it still valid?

 

It doesn't matter what order you have the lines in since it will still delete the same key.

However, your first line is invalid. That value has to be under the key it is in.

I do not recommend to change them up, and run them as is in the tutorial for it to work properly,