{"id":401,"date":"2015-08-04T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2015-08-04T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:47:44","slug":"windows-10-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/windows-10-file-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 &#8211; Set File Explorer back to &#8220;This PC&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><u>File Explorer &#8211; Switch Back to &#8220;My Computer&#8221; Style \u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>So Windows 10 introduced the concept of &#8220;Quick Access&#8221; with File Explorer. \u00a0I don&#8217;t personally like it; I wind up just clicking down into &#8220;This PC&#8221; anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Set this, Open File Explorer, choose the &#8220;View&#8221; Ribbon:<a href=\"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC-View-Ribbon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-403\" src=\"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC-View-Ribbon.png\" alt=\"Win10Tips - Set File Explorer to My PC - View Ribbon\" width=\"261\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the View Ribbon, Click Options, then select &#8220;Change folder and search options&#8221; :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC-Options-Folder-Search-Options.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-404\" src=\"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC-Options-Folder-Search-Options.png\" alt=\"Win10Tips - Set File Explorer to My PC -Options Folder Search Options\" width=\"241\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Folder Options Window, change the Open File Explorer to: &#8220;This PC&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-405\" src=\"https:\/\/gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC1.png\" alt=\"Win10Tips - Set File Explorer to My PC\" width=\"377\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC1.png 377w, https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Win10Tips-Set-File-Explorer-to-My-PC1-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><b><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>That should now present you immediately with the more familiar &#8220;My Computer-style&#8221; File Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>Quick access might work best for newer users, but &#8220;This PC&#8221; is where I want to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File Explorer &#8211; Switch Back to &#8220;My Computer&#8221; Style \u00a0 So Windows 10 introduced the concept of &#8220;Quick Access&#8221; with File Explorer. \u00a0I don&#8217;t personally like it; I wind up just clicking down into &#8220;This PC&#8221; anyway. &nbsp; To Set this, Open File Explorer, choose the &#8220;View&#8221; Ribbon: &nbsp; In the View Ribbon, Click Options,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/windows-10-file-explorer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Windows 10 &#8211; Set File Explorer back to &#8220;This PC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gotsteve.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}