Sorry for the very late reply.
Check in the tutorial index below under "navigation pane" for items you can remove to help with this.
Modifying the Navigation Pane in Explorer
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This my Navigation Pane in File Explorer. It has 3 sections: the 2nd section is called "Quick Access". I don't know what sections 1 and 3 are called, but they are not helpful.
How do I remove sections 1 and 3 from the Navigation Pane?
I assume it's some registry setting that needs to be modifying.
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Anonymous
2023-05-29T10:24:52+00:00 Hi Shawn,
Can you please take a look at my post again? I didn't want to show all folders; in fact, I wanted to do just the opposite! I wanted to _hide_ everything in the navigation pane _except_ for the quick access pane (pane "2" in my image). I think I did a fairly decent job describing what I'm asking about. Can you please take a quick read of what I posted again?
Much thanks!
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Anonymous
2023-05-29T10:20:01+00:00 Hi Dave, thanks for the reply.
Can you please read my post again? I think you misinterpreted it, because your answer was pretty much the exact opposite of what I wanted. You described how to show all folders. I want to remove all items except for the quick launch (pane "2" in my image).
I think I did a decent job describing what I wanted. Can you please take a look again? Many thanks!
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Brink 16,560 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2023-05-26T12:40:50+00:00 Hello pjs1,
If needed, the tutorial below can help show you how to turn on "Show all folders" in the navigation pane as Dave posted.
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DaveM121 869K Reputation points Independent Advisor2023-05-26T11:30:11+00:00 Hi pjs1,
I am Dave, I will help you with this.
They have made a few changes in the new tabbed File Explorer app, it can be strange to navigate around.
To make the left hand Navigation Pane look more like the old one, right click and empty spot inside it and turn on 'Show All Folders', does that provide a better view?
If that does not provide your preferred view, try enabling/disabling the other options on that many.