Windows 11:Fix Can't Pin Folders To Quick Access Error A Disk Error Occurred During A Read Operation

Fix unable to Pin Folders To Quick Access Error A Disk Error Occurred During A Read Operation In Windows 11
In Windows 11 version 22h2, Quick Access was renamed to Home in the left pane of File Explorer, Your Quick Access may be corrupt so run these commands but it will delete all content from Quick Access, you would need to re-pin items.

del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\*

del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\*

del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\

Restart your PC

[WHITEPERSUASON]

Thank you so much! This worked. I couldn't figure anything out because I was looking up different things about quick access disappearing but this fixed it all!!!

[battleboywildboy]

Thank you very much for this video, i had to go to (this PC, OS (C:) drive, user, myuser, then downloads) just to get to my downloads filder so this video helped me so much!

[sudhakarprabhu]

Thanks a million, this was very helpful solved my problem

[tiky]

Thank you. You did what Microsoft support could not

[EXSwitchback]

Thank you, fixed my suddenly missing Quick Access menu. For people who get the 'cannot find path' message, try command prompt regular. I happened to input the commands in regular CP, then admin CP, which gave me the same message. It may appear because it's already been applied. Either way, reset the PC and my Quick Access came back. Windows 11 is such a PITA.

[nickvandernet]

Gosh, this actually worked. Thank you!

[paulomatheus_]

I lost my Pin Folders after accidently hit the "Clear CMOS' button on the back of motherboard. I was able to cancel the operation, but lost the pins. Reddit and foruns didn't work, but this video helped me! Much appreciated

[videosGNP]

IT WORKED!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!

[scopes]

Thank you so much, worked on windows 11

[HankoBeats]

thank u it worked and I did not need to repin the folders!

[eng.sulaimanamohsen.]

Hi DEAR,
When I try doing so, cmd gives me this reply message:
'The system cannot find the path specified.'
Any ideas?
Thanks "Sulaiman"

[Olas-GE]

It works even without restarting the PC. Thank you very much! Like & Sub. . .

[luckymusicthailand]

it also works on WIN10, thank u so much!

[rynal]

it also works on windows 10. thank u so much!

[ahmadaditia]

its not working for windows 10, do you have command for windows 10?

[aalu]

didnt work for me it says
the system cant find the path specified

[snji]

why in my case it always said "The system cannot find the path specified." any solution maybe??

[nyoxyy]

It works, but you don't need to restart your pc. And run CMD as Administrator.

del /F /Q

del /F /Q

del /F /Q

[cheveanemckenzie]

Thank you! It worked. I made an error by typing it out and it did not work. Copied and pasted the info as provided and now my file explorer is back to normal. @daisyworld28 thank you again.