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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.
Dom
Posted 2016-03-11T05:34:05.943
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The Quick Access items are stored in this file:
%appdata%\microsoft\windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms
w32sh
Posted 2016-03-11T05:34:05.943
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And the Microsoft Team blog covers how to deploy the setting. http://blogs.technet.com/b/supportingwindows/archive/2015/12/21/users-can-39-t-access-the-desktop-and-other-resources-through-quick-access-in-windows-10.aspx
– w32sh – 2016-03-11T07:05:28.510Perfect 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. – Dom – 2016-03-16T01:07:34.283
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Thanks 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. http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-quick-access-reset-pinned-shortcuts-stuck-not-working-windows-10/
– w32sh – 2016-03-16T04:26:25.607related: How to know “.automaticDestinations-ms” files to which app relates? and maybe Decrypt/Read/Modify “.automaticDestinations-ms” and/or “.customDestinations-ms”
– laggingreflex – 2016-08-31T17:18:03.267Looks like the file depends on OS's language... – zhekaus – 2017-01-30T10:23:10.050
It looks like these have been moved somewhere in version 1809 – Gabriel Fair – 2019-01-23T18:49:05.640
@MasterofCelebration, that's not a comment on this answer. It's discussed elsewhere: https://superuser.com/q/947292
– Mathieu K. – 2019-04-12T16:52:40.967For others having trouble finding it, it's in the roaming folder, the Recent Items folder is the same as Recent, 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. – Chris – 2019-09-25T13:46:45.773
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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
Jim ReesPotter
Posted 2016-03-11T05:34:05.943
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Related question: Unable to add files/folders to Quick Access on Windows 10: “Unspecified Error”
– JosiahYoder-deactive except.. – 2016-11-28T02:40:30.990