{"id":19408,"date":"2023-02-10T07:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T07:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=19408"},"modified":"2023-02-10T07:27:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T07:27:23","slug":"open-file-explorer-to-this-pc-instead-of-home-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-file-explorer-to-this-pc-instead-of-home-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Open File Explorer to This PC instead of Home in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Windows 11, Quick Access is integrated into the Home page of File Explorer, and it doesn&#8217;t appear in the left navigation pane any longer. By default, File Explorer is set to open to the Home page, which allows you to access Quick Access or pinned files (Favorites) with ease. If you&#8217;d rather have File Explorer start on disk drives, you can follow this tutorial to set File Explorer to open to This PC instead of Home in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/file-explorer-home.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/file-explorer-home.png 597w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/file-explorer-home-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Open File Explorer to This PC instead of Home in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open any folder in File Explorer. Click the three-dot icon in the upper right-hand corner of the window, and then choose <strong>Options<\/strong> from the pop-up menu.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/windows-11-folder-options.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"393\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/windows-11-folder-options.png 597w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/windows-11-folder-options-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>General<\/strong> tab, click the drop-down box next to &#8220;<strong>Open File Explorer to<\/strong>&#8220;, and you can change the default start of File Explorer from <strong>Home<\/strong> to <strong>This PC<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/open-file-explorer-to-home-or-this-pc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/open-file-explorer-to-home-or-this-pc.png 382w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/open-file-explorer-to-home-or-this-pc-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to save your change. Log off your account and then log back in. When you launch File Explorer, it should open to This PC instead of Home as default.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Windows 11, Quick Access is integrated into the Home page of File Explorer, and it doesn&#8217;t appear in the left navigation pane any longer. By default, File Explorer is set to open to the Home page, which allows you to access Quick Access or pinned files (Favorites) with ease. 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