Windows 10: Rename pinned items in Windows Explorer's Quick Access
I just got done upgrading Windows 8 to Windows 10 and I've found that the 'Favorites' panel in Windows Explorer got replaced with a 'Quick Access' panel and I can't seem to find a way to rename the pinned items in Quick Access like I could for favorite items under Windows 8.
Some of my pinned items are program-generated folders and I really don't have the option to rename them.
Am I missing something or did the rename feature get left out?
Sort of a hack, but I ended up using mklink to create Directory Junctions with the names I wanted, since they took away my beloved Favorites.
So, if I have a directory "c:\dir1", which I want to be named "Directory 1" in the Quick Access list, I would run:
mklink /J "c:\whatever\Directory 1" "c:\dir1"
Then you'll see "Directory 1" in "c:\whatever", which you can add to Quick Access, and it will be named "Directory 1".
To me it looks like that Quick Access items are not shortcuts anymore. They behave differently and just show the items directly instead of showing traditional shortcuts. This means when going to edit Properties, you are indeed editing the items themselves.
This is disappointing of course. I had a couple folders with the same name (in different locations) that are tied to programs so I can't rename them directly.
Sort of a kludge, but it works:
Add the desired directory to a Library
Rename the library as you wish
Pin the Library to Quick Access
Update: I used the solution above for a while, then I found it cumbersome to maintain and now I have done this:
Created a "Favorites" folder anywhere in my hard disk and pinned it to Quick Access (you can even change its icon to make it look like a star)
Put inside it all the shortcut I want to access rapidly
It kinda restores the Favorites feature but with the hassle of an additional step.
Third party application is Clover, you may want to try that and use the bookmark functionality. Bookmarks can be renamed into the name of your liking.