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Windows 11 Explorer: can't order quick access items in the left pane
I can't reorder the quick access items in the right pane of the windows explorer through drag and drop. It's weird, because if i drag and drop one of them to the top, it works, but if i want to place...
juliangzr
So the weirdest hack worked, I was messing around with folder options and found that if I don't select "show all folders" (https://drive.google.com/file/d/167z2YtaFqf6xMHnCbYCDy4qwlOQQaaH5/view?usp=share_link) the view looks very wonky but at least you can reorder your quick access items.
Did not work for me 😞
I tried your set of checked boxes from the screenshot, no change, unticked all options, no change.
I am on Windows 11 22H2 22623 (Insider beta channel). Maybe your tweak to sort quick links is gone in that version?
When I move a quick access folder, it will only show me copy or move operations (dependant on pressing ctrl or shift while dragging), not reorder.
Microsoft, come on, let us organize/sort our quick access folders.
I tried your set of checked boxes from the screenshot, no change, unticked all options, no change.
I am on Windows 11 22H2 22623 (Insider beta channel). Maybe your tweak to sort quick links is gone in that version?
When I move a quick access folder, it will only show me copy or move operations (dependant on pressing ctrl or shift while dragging), not reorder.
Microsoft, come on, let us organize/sort our quick access folders.
- It seemed not to work for me, because I was trying to re-order the main icon levels - we have a Konnekt.io add-in that adds another node at the top, before Home. Wanted to be able to change at this level: Konnekt, Home, This PC, Network; to put Home above Konnekt. Anyway, once I understood that the scope that I could re-order icons was within Home only, then it worked as njerisanyu said.
This hack did re-order the folders in my navigation pane. It placed the quick access folders below my One Drive Folders, and created a line separating the two. This was a little annoying, but I have adjusted, and it is worth the visual change in order to be able to reorder the quick access folders.
- SKKMom Thank you for that part that I was missing. I never looked down that far in the navigation list. I tried to sort the folders shown under "Start" at the top of the navigation. Scrolling further down, I found the quick links and could sort them. Thank you! You made my day 🙂
- Thanks for letting me know this worked for you. After re-sorting my quick access folders, I went back to folder options, and re-selected "show all folders," which moved them back to the top of the navigation pane, where I prefer. Now that I know the "trick," I can re-sort again if needed.
