Windows 10: when i try to open my files, it just opens the quick access window again. how do i fix this?

i've been trying to open my recycle bin because i accidentally deleted something important but when i click on the recycle bin icon, it only opens the quick access menu. i tried clicking on folders inside my files as well but that also only opens the quick access menu. how can i access my deleted files if all that comes up is the quick access menu? i have a feeling that it has something to do with my registry editor.

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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.

 

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.

 

File Explorer - Quick Access - Very Slow to Open

I've searched through all of these examples, but have yet to find a good answer that actually resolves the issues.

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I've gone through this old locked thread, and followed the steps, but have not seen any fix actually work.

Issue:

Open File Explorer - Quick Access opens very slowly, "working on it..."

After waiting some time it does open but it's definitely not "quick access".

I can right-click on Quick Access and click on options. Then Clear File Explorer history and uncheck one of two boxes for Privacy to show files and/or folders. This works for a little bit, until the user starts opening more files and folders. It seems
to be attached to how large the folder or file is as to how long it takes Quick Access to open up.

I did try this:

from Johnober:

Do this:

1. Right-click Start and select Command Prompt (admin).
2. Type PowerShell and press enter to open it.
3. Copy and paste the below script.
   
   Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
   
4. Wait for the Powershell to complete the process. This could take about 10 minutes and at times may look like it stalled. Just continue to let it run. You may see a number of errors reported, especially at the end when the script has completed running. Ignore
   any errors displayed in the window.
5. Close the Command Prompt window. The problem should be fixed.

It did install some stuff, but have yet to test and see if this fixed any issues.

I have gone through PaulSey's advice and his link to a fix. Nothing from that has resolved the issue. Clean boot, DISM and sfc /scannow usually do not fix much of anything. I've yet for "self-healing" of Windows to work for any issues. It seems to be
something inherent with Windows and not something these fixes would see as something to fix.

It would be nice to get a good patch that would resolve this issue in a Windows Build fix.

Has anyone found anything that would fix the Quick Access issue?