Windows 10: How do I stop Microsoft from wiping out all of my folders pinned to quick access during...

How do I stop Microsoft from wiping out all of my folders pinned to quick access during forced updates?

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Quick Access bar

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We would be glad to help you with the issue you are facing today. I understand the difficulty.

Remove items from Quick access.

I would suggest you to follow the below steps.

• Right click on the file or folder.
• Select the option “unpin from the quick access”

To pin items to an item already on the quick access bar.

Follow the below steps.

I would suggest you to create folder in the desktop screen & place all the files or folder which need to pin to the quick access.

• Open the quick access.
• Select the Desktop option.
• Right click on the folder & select the option “pin to quick access”

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.



Thank you.

 

How can I stop the folders pinned to Quick Access from disappearing?

Hi Peter,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with Quick Access feature.

Which version of Windows is installed on your device?

Refer the article ‘Which version of Windows operating system
am I running’ to provide the details.

I suggest you to follow the methods mentioned below to fix this issue.

Method 1

Unpin and Pin the Quick access feature

Refer the section Remove and Pin from the article
Pin, remove, and customize in Quick access for the steps. If
the issue still persists, refer Method 2.

Method 2

Reset or clear the Quick access Shortcuts

The below steps will clear the custom pinned and frequent items listing in Quick access.

1. Open the command prompt as admin.
   
2. Type the command and hit enter.
   
   del %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations\*
   
3. Restart the computer and check the status of the issue.
   

OR

1. Open the run command (Windows + R key). Type in
   
   cmd.exe /c del "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms"
   and hit Enter.
   
2. Restart the computer and check the status of the issue.
   

Get back to us for further assistance on this issue. We will be happy to help you.

Regards,

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Documents folder disappearing from quick access menu in Windows 10

Hello Rachel,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.



Along with the suggestion by KeithM-60601, I suggest you to try the below steps and let us know the status of the issue.

• 
  Press Windows + E keys on the keyboard to open
  File explorer and select This PC from the left side panel of the window.
  
• 
  Open the file/folder you want to pin to Quick access.
  
• 
  Right click on Quick access located on the left side panel of the window.
  
• 
  Check if the file/folder is pinned to Quick access.
  

Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.