
Quick Access replaced the “Favorites” view from Windows 8.1 and aims to blend user-defined favorite locations-i.e., Desktop, Downloads, and Documents-with an automatically generated list of frequently and most recently accessed files and folders. Note: In Windows 7 and Windows 8, frequently opened folders were accessible only via the jump list for Explorer.One of the revamped features in Windows 10 is the “Quick Access” view in File Explorer. Frequent Folders will disappear from Quick Access. Right-click on a folder and select Unpin from Quick Access.

It allows managing files and folders using a ribbon toolbar, context menu, and keyboard shortcuts.

This app is also the component of the operating system that creates the trademark user interface on the screen, including the taskbar and desktop.

It is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. They both appear under their own groups in the Quick Access Folder.įile Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application. It shows your recently used files and folders you visit frequently. The File Explorer file utility in Windows 10 has a new default location called ‘Quick Access’.
