Windows 10: How to stop a program from adding a Quick access shortcut?

Hi! I use Google Drive File Stream to access my Google Drive content locally.

GDFS mounts a cloud drive, assigning it a letter (G: in my case). If you open that, you find a single entry "My Drive". As such, I have a Quick access shortcut to this "My Drive folder".

GDFS insists, periodically, in adding a shortcut in Quick Access to G: (which makes zero sense, considering you already have one under "This PC").

Is there a way to stop it from doing so? I have tried assigning read-only permissions to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Ribbon for every account except the one I sign in as. This includes, administrators, system, everything. Only my account () has full control, all others are read only. Nonetheless, the shortcut reappears periodically.

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How to stop a program from adding a Quick access shortcut?

The rationale is that Quick Access shows a list of all recently accessed folders just in case you'd find it useful. Your Google drive appears because you recently accessed it, as will other folders as you visit them.

Only by unticking 'show frequently used folders in Quick access', but that will turn it off for all folders, not just your Google drive.

 

How to stop a program from adding a Quick access shortcut?

Nope, that's not it. I've already deactivated that, as I don't care for the "automatic" judgement of Windows in this regard.
If I unpin the entry, it stays unpinned for a while and then reappears. Tipically after a reboot or after GDFS updates itself automatically and (presumably) restarts its service.

I've just tried: I stopped GDFS after unpinning that entry. I restarted it and the entry reappeared.

 

How to stop a program from adding a Quick access shortcut?

Hi! I use Google Drive File Stream to access my Google Drive content locally.

GDFS mounts a cloud drive, assigning it a letter (G: in my case). If you open that, you find a single entry "My Drive". As such, I have a Quick access shortcut to this "My Drive folder".

GDFS insists, periodically, in adding a shortcut in Quick Access to G: (which makes zero sense, considering you already have one under "This PC").

Is there a way to stop it from doing so? I have tried assigning read-only permissions to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Ribbon for every account except the one I sign in as. This includes, administrators, system, everything. Only my account () has full control, all others are read only. Nonetheless, the shortcut reappears periodically.