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Asainna
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Feb 25, 2025
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How to Remove Quick Access from Explorer Pane in This PC?

I want to be able to remove this top section of my drives (which are pinned to Quick Access) in the Explorer file pane. There is a tutorial that doesn't require any registry changes but next to ...
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    Timothy310
    Feb 25, 2025

    You can remove Quick Access from the Explorer pane without registry changes by going to File Explorer > View > Show > Navigation Pane and unchecking "Quick Access." However, for the right-click issue, you can use a registry tweak:


    Go to *HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID* and find the key for Quick Access. Modify or delete it, but be cautious with registry edits. You can also use third-party tools like Tweaker to simplify the process.

     

     

     

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Timothy310
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Feb 25, 2025

You can remove Quick Access from the Explorer pane without registry changes by going to File Explorer > View > Show > Navigation Pane and unchecking "Quick Access." However, for the right-click issue, you can use a registry tweak:


Go to *HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID* and find the key for Quick Access. Modify or delete it, but be cautious with registry edits. You can also use third-party tools like Tweaker to simplify the process.

 

 

 

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