How To Set File Explorer To Open This PC Instead Of Quick Access In Windows 10

Let’s see how to set File Explorer to open This PC instead of Quick Access in Windows 10 devices. By default, File Explorer opens to Quick Access. Whenever you open a File Explorer window, you will see the Quick Access view, which provides access to frequently used folders and recently used files.

Follow the steps to change the settings of Windows 10 File Explorer to open This PC.

File Explorer

Open to This PC/ File Explorer, go to the View tab and then select Options.

In the Open File Explorer to list, select This PC, and then select Apply.

Use Registry Editor to Set File Explorer to open This PC

You can change the same setting as shown above using the Windows Registry. This is especially useful for apply same setting for multiple users, to be distributed across the network. To add or import a registry value follow these steps:

Open Notepad, Copy the below registry value

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"LaunchTo"=dword:00000001

It will look like in the following syntax, when you see the file.

In the File menu, Select Save As and click Browse to your preferred folder or location. In the File name box provide the appropriate name “FileName.reg” with .reg extension and Save as type “All”. Click Save.
The registry file will appear on your saved location. To start the execution, Double click or Right click and select Merge option on the saved .reg file content to merge into the local registry.