Where are the Windows 10 Quick Access settings stored?
I have a large number of Win 10 computers and I want to deploy a "Pinned Folder" into user's Quick Access section of Windows Explorer using group policy.
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Related question: Unable to add files/folders to Quick Access on Windows 10: “Unspecified Error”– Josiah YoderNov 28, 2016 at 2:40
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The Quick Access items are stored in this file:
%appdata%\microsoft\windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms
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And the Microsoft Team blog covers how to deploy the setting. blogs.technet.com/b/supportingwindows/archive/2015/12/21/…– w32shMar 11, 2016 at 7:05
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1Perfect answer, good research. Only problem is they dump all the links into one file, so I can't manipulate it via group policy except for putting in a default one for new users.– DomMar 16, 2016 at 1:07
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5Thanks Dom. And it's prone to corruption from what I see in various forums. When a pinned item gets stuck, the file needs to be cleared and that resets the entire listing. winhelponline.com/blog/…– w32shMar 16, 2016 at 4:26
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3For others having trouble finding it, it's in the roaming folder, the
Recent Itemsfolder is the same asRecent, the AutomaticDestinations folder won't show up in Explorer even if hidden files/folders are displayed, and the file itself is not simple text so manually editing it isn't easy.– ChrisSep 25, 2019 at 13:46 -
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You can do this with group policy - here is how I do it: Create shortcuts to the shares in %USERPROFILE%\Links: GP preferences - shortcuts
Set the shortcut details: GPPref details
Then again use GP Prefs files to delete the jumplist file %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms: enter image description here
The jumplist file will recreate a moment later with the contents of the links folder
