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

I was able to get this to work in C# using shell32 based on the information in this post and some info on shell32 from this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/19035049

You need to add a reference to "Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation".

This will add a link

Type shellAppType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Shell.Application");
Object shell = Activator.CreateInstance(shellAppType);
Shell32.Folder2 f = (Shell32.Folder2)shellAppType.InvokeMember("NameSpace", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, shell, new object[] { "C:\\temp" });
f.Self.InvokeVerb("pintohome");

This will remove a link by name

Type shellAppType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Shell.Application");
Object shell = Activator.CreateInstance(shellAppType);
Shell32.Folder2 f2 = (Shell32.Folder2)shellAppType.InvokeMember("NameSpace", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, shell, new object[] { "shell:::{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}" });
Console.WriteLine("item count: " + f2.Items().Count);
foreach (FolderItem fi in f2.Items())
{
    Console.WriteLine(fi.Name);
    if (fi.Name == "temp")
    {
        ((FolderItem)fi).InvokeVerb("unpinfromhome");
    }
}