Windows 10: How to MOST easily access files owned by different Users in Windows 10 File Explorer

I have a comment, then a question.​

Comment: Back when I had Win 7, and still now with Win 10, my understanding is/was that a USER account MUST be created in order to share files between computers in a household WORKGROUP. So, for example, if I have files stored locally on the desktop computer in my basement office, say, certain Documents or a huge Music collection...and I want to access them from my laptop in the bedroom, I must create a WORKGROUP, and each computer in the group must have a USER account on it that is given access to the Workgroup. Maybe I'm wrong, but that was my understanding.

Question: If the above is correct, how do I overcome the nuisance this creates in File Explorer, whereby to access any of my USER documents on whatever computer I happen to be using, I have to navigate to Local Disk (C, then "Users", then My Name, then Documents, rather than just going to This PC, Documents which is readily, easily, VISIBLY accessible on the left-hand side of the Explorer window as soon as it's opened?

It seems like an unnecessarily onerous DIGGING/DRILLING task. Is there some way to make a User/Document folder easier to get to?

Thanks for any suggestions.


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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Some files listed in Windows Explorer are blue font

I seem to have run out of room on a Windows XP Pro system. I tried to defrag but don't have but 7% room available. I looked in Windows Explorer to try to find some huge files that might be corrupt and I see a few that are listed in blue. What does that mean? I have not compressed anything on purpose. Thanks

 

File Explorer/Quick Access

I recently started having a problem with File Explorer and Quick Access. When I start my computer, all works fine but then gradually the files as listed in File Explorer and Quick Access start to disappear and soon there are none present. I need to
restart and again they are there but also again they start to disappear. Has anyone else had this problem and any suggestion to correct? Thanks/

Moved from: Windows 10 / Ease of access / PC