Quick Access

[Bankesy]

Good morning

 

Following a file server migration we have noticed that for many users their documents under Quick Access in File Explorer still points to the old directory. Does anybody know if this will eventually change to reflect their new home directories after they've accessed them enough or is it best to just unpin this for them on an individual basis?

 

I have a theory that this could be causing slow performance when saving files as the directory no longer exists.

 

Thank you

[Bankesy]

So I've now narrowed this down to being folder redirection GPOs not working and user profiles being stuck looking at the old servers which were switched off.

 

Does anybody have any tips apart from deleting user profiles?

 

Thank you

[Arthur]

Does anybody have any tips apart from deleting user profiles?

You may need to delete the profiles, but to answer your original question about clearing out the shortcuts in Quick Access. All you need to do is delete the contents of the following folders for all users via a computer startup script. e.g.

 

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:SystemDrive\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\*" -File | Remove-Item
Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:SystemDrive\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\*" -File | Remove-Item
Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:SystemDrive\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\*" -File | Remove-Item

 

More info: www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3476-reset-clear-recent-items-frequent-places-windows-10-a.html