Is it possible programmatically add folders to the Windows 10 Quick Access panel in the explorer window?

Question

Apparently Microsoft has (sort of) replaced the \"Favorites\" Windows explorer item with the Quick Access item. But I haven\'t been able to find a way to programmatically ad

Answer 1

Maybe it will help someone until MS releases an API. I ran procmon and it seems that these registry keys are involved

Pin to Quick access:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\pintohome

When unpin:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PinnedFrequentPlace\shell\unpinfromhome\command

Also this resource is used when pinning: (EDIT1: can't find it any longer..)

AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\{SOME_SORT_OF_GUID}.automaticDestinations-ms

You can try opening it with 7-zip, there are several files in there which fit the destination

EDIT2: I found running this in the 'Run' opens up Quick access:

shell:::{679F85CB-0220-4080-B29B-5540CC05AAB6}