Windows 10 Quick access setting frustrations

Factual Questions
1

Today for some reason my Windows 10 Quick Access - for no obvious reason as I changed no setting I think - has decided to no longer organize the Quick Access window by the type (Folder, files, drive), but just show all the icons in an incoherent melange.

Can any one tell me if there is a source to tell me how to reset this horror? I use the Quick Access a lot.

The obvious solution (to go to the settings area and check and uncheck the boxes for showing the Folders, the Files in the Quick Access has no effect, and nor does restarting).

Searching in Google to only gives me solutions like this that do not restore the organization of the files and folders into grouping by file, by folder.

2

I’m not entirely sure which way it was before and what it is now, but try playing with these settings and see if it gets you back where you want to be.

In File Explorer on the View ribbon, select Options then Change folder and search options. Switch the choice in Open File Explorer to (Quick access / This PC). You’ll have to close and reopen File Explorer after this change.

If that isn’t it, try changing the Layout setting in the View ribbon and see if any of the layouts are what you’re looking for.

3

No none of this works. I have already tried these, sorry.

what was happening before is that it organized the recent items first by the type (folders, files) separated by the line

now all is mixed, no distinction at all beween folder and file. which is useless and annoying.

4

In my Quick Access view, I have separate sections for Frequent Folders and Recent Files. Are you saying that you no longer have those separate groups? What is the heading at the top of the list?

5

Yes, that is what I am saying.

the headings disappeared this evening on reopening to the Quick Access.

there are no longer any separators or any headings. it has become just a melange without separation.

6

Assuming you are displaying the Navigation Pane on the left, what is selected in the pane when you open File Explorer? Does it still show Quick access selected? If so, then sorry, I’m out of ideas.

If there’s something else selected, then it’s likely you are opening a shortcut to that folder instead of the default File Explorer app. Try running File Explorer from the Start Menu - don’t use any shortcuts or pinned apps/icons to open it.

7

No, this is Quick Access, not a short cut - via side pane, via all methods.

8

in the end I had to do a system restore. It is now normal but not even the microsoft technical rep on the phone could explain although he admitted it is cropping up.

I suppose there is some hidden instability in the win10 process…

9

Thanks for the update. What a PITA.

10

Did it coincide with the the mother of all updates Windows 10 v.1511 cumulative update KB3118754?