How to create a Recent Folders Shortcut in Windows 10
Description: This article will show how to create a desktop shortcut in Windows 10 that leads to the most recently visited folders.
- Right click on the desktop and hover the cursor over New. Click on Shortcut.
- Type (or copy and paste as text only):
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99}
into the textbox and click Next.
- Type Recent Folders into the textbox and click Finish.
- The icon is created and placed on the desktop.
- When opened, Recent Folders displays all recently visited folders on the system.
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