Quick Access menu not working on Windows 10 - Fix Quick Access

Windows 10 provides a new facility of quick access to view file explorer. Once you open the file explorer, you will get the list of recent files and folders in the navigation panel. You can pin your favorite folders and files for easy access. But some users face issues of quick access not working. You can recover the data first and install the software update to deal with this issue. Therefore, to solve this issue of quick access not loading, you can read the information below.

How to fix the quick access menu not working in Windows 10?

Once you get to know that your quick access is not responding on Windows 10, you can troubleshoot this problem on your own; the following are the ways you can choose to find the solution of quick access is not responding:

Turn off the quick access:

You can disable the quick access and allow your Windows 10 to open the file explorer to get the files and folders. For this, you need to do the below steps to turn off the quick access:

• First, you are required to open the file explorer on your device and go to the view section.
• Then, you need to tap on the change folder option and select opening each folder in the same window.
• At the privacy option, you need to uncheck the two options, i.e., show recently used files in quick access and Show frequently used folders in quick access.
• It would help to tap on the clear option to clear file explorer history and then tap on the ok button to confirm the changes.

Clear or delete related app data files:

You can also delete or clear the old files from the file explorer to fix the problem of quick access in your windows 10. therefore you can perform the below steps regarding this:

• You need to open the file explorer of your device to delete the files.
• Then, you will get the details of the current files from which you need to select all the opened folders.
• Once you choose the folder, you must delete them all and complete the process. With this, you need to check whether the problem of quick access is solved or not. 

A guide to fixing quick access is slow to load or open:

There can be a situation when your quick access takes a long time to load or open the data. To solve this problem, you need to clean up the quick access and clear the file explorer. You can also do the below steps to speed up the quick access:

• You are required to open the file explorer at your windows.
• Then, you need to select the folder from the given sections and right tap on any folder to unpin the quick access.
• Once you right-click on the folder, you need to choose unpinning from quick access and confirm the changes.
• With this, your quick access will start loading accurately, and you can open the files and folders in it.
• You can also delete some hidden folders of your device, which decreases the speed of the quick access of file explorer.

To find more fixes and information, you can contact the customer support of your windows. They will help you provide the solution for quick access that is not working in windows 10, which you can use to fix the problem. To find the different contact ways, you can check on the help section of your device's customer service like call, chat, email, etc., and get the help anytime as they are 24 hours available.