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Make your own shortcuts in File Explorer

Make your own shortcuts in File Explorer

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Make your own shortcuts in File Explorer

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- [Instructor] In File Explorer, you have shortcuts over here on the left which take you directly to some essential folders, but you may want to set up some of your own shortcuts. Over time, you may see other shortcuts automatically appear. Permanently pinned shortcuts will have this thumbtack icon next to them. The ones that do not have that icon next to them may appear and disappear based on the folders that you use most often. If you want one to stay permanently, you can right-click on it and choose Pin to Quick Access. Or if you want it gone, you can choose Remove from Quick Access. Or if you have an important folder that does not pop up here, like for example this client project that I'm working with a lot, you can select it, right-click on it, and choose Pin to Quick Access. And it will add that shortcut over here on the left. Or alternatively, you could right-click on a folder like this and choose Pin to Start.…

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