Quick Access not showing in navigation pane since Windows 11 update [Solutions]

Question

THE PROBLEM:

When I opened File Explorer the Quick Access folder option was missing from the navigation panel on the left.

How do I re-enable Quick Access to the left part of the navigation pane?

Problem is looking like this (notice that there are only 'Recommended', 'Favorites' and 'Recent' sections):

Multiple possible answers:

a) UNCHECK SHOW ALL FOLDERS

1. Right-click on free space in the left navigation pane to open context menu

2. Uncheck 'Show all folders'
3. Result (Quick Access is shown again in the left navigation pane)

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B) DISABLE RECOMMENDED SECTION

1. Click the three dots in the command bar and select 'Options'

2. Uncheck 'Show recommended section'

3. Result (Now when 'Home' is selected Quick Access is shown to the right)

Hope this helps :)

Answer 1

Thank you PlannerJ. This got me what I needed!! Perfect solution. It should be more evident how to do this.

Answer 2

With the second suggestion, Quick Access now shows up in the right pane. but I can't add anything to it. I've tried both right-clicking the folder I want to add and selecting Pin to Quick Access (repeatedly!!!) and dragging-and-dropping the folder. Both used to work before, now neither do.

As for the first one, "Select All Folders" was not checked. I checked it to see if doing so and then unselecting it would change anything. However, once I checked it, I could not get that menu to come up again so I could un-select it.

Answer 3

This video helped me resolve all issues with Quick Access:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfWEJjCU5vc&t=45s

Answer 4

It was good to see the Quick Access is still there, but the problem is, they have again taken away a functionality that a lot of people used.

I prefer it to be on the left but it seems that feature is gone, replaced by a useless Home button.

I can still pin to the Quick Access toolbar, it's just annoying having it in the main frame. I probably won't use it as often.

Answer 5

Didn't work for me. I tried twice and made sure my dialogues looked exactly like yours.

I now have,

> Recommended

> Favorites

> Recent

In the right pane, and opening recommended doesn't show the same thing as quick access did. Not even close.

Did I do something wrong? Is there a step missing from the instructions?