"This computer" instead of "Quick Access Toolbar" in Windows 10

Let's consider the situation in which you have to not only interact with the tenth generation operating system, but constantly work with its environment and try to do some work in it to achieve your goal. It is clear that here everything is extremely close to each other, but you will agree that you always want to adjust the folders and sections so that they are available in just one click, and not in several, as often happens. That's right, you can reconfigure the opening of the “This Computer” section instead of the “Quick Access Toolbar” in Windows 10, which will allow you to refuse to perform extra mouse clicks and make them more targeted.

What does setting up the “This Computer” section instead of “Quick Access Toolbar” in Windows 10?

This setting of the system / opening of the system partitions, at most, gives the fact that by hovering the mouse over the familiar folder icon located on the “Taskbar” and clicking the left mouse button, you will move to the “This Computer” section, which is much more practical , if you have in it the bulk of folders with working files or other tools.

It would seem that the setting of the OS is not quite important, but if you drop a little deeper, it becomes clear that every time: the time spent on 1-2 clicks is saved, the speed of the PC does not increase and the work itself starts to run much easier, since it will not be necessary perform additional actions, time is saved.

How to configure "This computer" instead of "Quick Access Toolbar" in Windows 10?

In general, in order to proceed with the settings, there are a couple of ways and here, each user decides for himself what is closer and easier for him to use:

• The easiest and most practical option in our opinion is to use the “Search”, which is located on the “Taskbar”. In the empty “Search” field, “Explorer Settings” is entered → the “Enter” button is pressed.
• Also, you can simply use the transitions in the system sections and then, the whole process will look like this: “View” → “Parameters” → “General” → “Explorer Settings”.

Next, regardless of the option chosen above, you get into a small window “Explorer Settings”, where you can go straight to the “Open Explorer for” tab → click on the drop-down menu → from the pair of suggested items, stop your choice on "This Computer".

Thus, you can now use “This computer” instead of “Quick Access Toolbar” in Windows 10 and really enjoy it.

How to "reset" settings "This computer" instead of "Quick Access Toolbar" in Windows 10?

To perform this procedure, you will need to get to the "Explorer Options" window and already in it, select:

• The “Quick Access” item is located in the drop-down menu of the “Open Explorer for” item.
• The “Restore Defaults” button, which is located at the very bottom of the “Explorer Options” window.

Any way from this pair of options will allow you very quickly, to change your Win 10 OS again and give it its initial appearance in a functional way.