Windows 10: Windows 11-22H2 - Can't pin folders to Quick Access

Hi all,When trying to pin a folder to quick access, I get the error message "A disk error occurred during a read operation" I also don't have the quick access icon on the left-hand-side of my file explorer.Any help is welcome!

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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.

 

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.

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

 

Quick Access - "Location is not available"

I solved the problem without following steps 1, 2, and 3. The solution is stupidly simple and it doesn't make any difference as to whether the problem item in the Quick Access list is pinned or unpinned.

1. Create the folder in the same path where Quick Access reported it to be unlocatable. The folder will be empty.

2. Delete the folder you just created. The Quick Access item that WAS listed in Quick Access disappears!!

Note that #2 does not remove or delete the item from Quick Access. It deletes the empty folder you just created *from the machine* (i.e., it goes to the Recycle bin) and as a consequence of the deletion, it disappears from the Quick Access list.