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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 an item in the middle of the list it doesn't work.
- I don't have this issue any more when installing a new system update.
- What version of Windows 11 are you on? I'm on 23H2 (Home) and the issue is still present w/o the hack.
- Same as yours: Windows 11 Home, 23H2. Obviously, this version didn't include any changes to the issue.
- That's great news! Maybe Windows developers are working on this issue. However, I just installed the latest update last night, and the issue still exists for me this morning. Glad I have discovered the hack.
- Try left clicking and holding the folder and press the escape key. Release the left click then release the escape key.
- One of the straightforward methods is to use the context menu. Right-click on the folder you want to add or reorder, and select “Pin to Quick Access.”
- Changing navigator options, on or off, any combination, does not work for me. This is not about pinned items but about the top-level nodes including 'Home' which are not movable (even though a bar appears when trying to move it). 'Home' is not at the top in my navigator, a 3rd party app is. I just want to put 'Home' back on top.
- Same problem still exists with Windows 11 Pro 23H2!! Any new fix available?
- Have you tried unselecting "show all folders" option before attempting to re-order folders in the left side pane?
- Move to the Folder Options and tick one of those options under Navigation pane ! hit Ok, reorder and then go back and untick. That's it
- This trick worked for me, thank you!
windows 11 is not ready for prime time. It's the little things that make a difference. Such as requiring users to fiddle with reg-edit.exe file in order to change the task bar height. Ridiculous. Not to mention the highly annoying Edge Auto-launch and auto-pop up features that literally can be turned off because it's so embedded in the code it's like watching TV. The user has no choice in turn off the commercials and has to suffer through them. I want my control back over my devices and subscriptions. I really want to uninstall win11 and go back to win10. I feel like they did not put the user experience first but instead put marketing and advertising ahead of the user experience. Win 11 is NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME AND DEFINITELY NOT READY FOR CORPORATE DEPLOYMENT.
- Agree with all that it's ridiculous that this important function stopped working. Thanks njerisanyu for the work around by unselecting "show all folders". It worked.
MS, please fix this. By the way, it still works in Windows 10. - Not working. ... > Options > View > Navigation Pane > uncheck Show All Folders
Still cannot manually sort. 😞
Windows 11 Pro Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621GeekForLife I keep forgetting this too as I use it so infrequently. One has to do their reordering from the left panel of the File Explorer dialog, not the right panel.
GeekForLife @GeekForLife, please have a look at this important piece of skkmom3:
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.
You should get a new area in the left side navigation pane and have to scroll down to see that new area which you can sort. After sorting in that area you can check "Show All Folders" again and should see the sorted quick links at the top of the navigation pane. Hope that helps.
- EinmalIM Thank you! I didn't realize this shows in the left pane. Thanks for point that out! That worked!
