How to Replace Quick Access With Favorites in Win­dows 10

Windows 10 offers a Quick Access menu in File Explorer’s sidebar. However, the folks using the File Explorer since Windows 7 prefer the Favorites menu in the sidebar. Thankfully, you can replace Quick Access menu with Favorites in Windows 10.



Commands:
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cd %userprofile%/links
mklink /d SomeName %USERPROFILE%\SourceFolder



Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Use registry editor
3:17 Command prompt to create links
4:06 End screen


What you’ll learn:
1. How to tweak a few files in the Registry Editor to bring back Favorites from the dead.
2. USE REGISTRY EDITOR
a. How to launch registry editor from start menu
b. How to Drill down to the folder structure: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace
c. How to Create a new key under the NameSpace folder
d. How to navigate to the folder structure: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
e. How to view the familiar Favorites menu at the bottom of the File Explorer
f. How to move favorites to the top to access it easily
g. How to navigate to this folder structure in the Registry Editor: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID
h. How to create a new sub-key
i. How to create a DWORD (32-bit) Value file
j. How to make Favorites menu visibly higher in the sidebar inside File Explorer
k. How to fix can’t expand favorites
3. COMMAND PROMPT TO CREATE LINKS
a. How to use a Windows tool called ‘mklink,’
b. How to allow users to create a symbolic link
c. How to link to the Downloads folder
4. How to make the Favorites menu back

















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