{"id":3978,"date":"2016-09-02T20:20:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:53:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:53:49","slug":"move-libraries-above-this-pc-windows-10-sortorderindex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/move-libraries-above-this-pc-windows-10-sortorderindex\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Move Libraries above “This PC” in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Windows 10, Libraries is moved down below in the File Explorer navigation pane. To bring it back to the top (as in Windows 8), here is a registry edit.<\/p>\n

Move Libraries above “This PC”<\/h2>\n

Start Regedit.exe and go to the following key:<\/p>\n

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}<\/pre>\n
In the right pane, double-click the SortOrderIndex value.<\/p>\n
\"move<\/p>\n
By default it’s set to 84 (base: decimal). Changing it to 50 (or any value lower than the SortOrderIndex value assigned for “This PC”) should bring Libraries back to the top, vertically next to Quick access section.<\/p>\n
To implement the same in Open \/ Save As dialogs in 32-bit applications, you need to make the changes under this registry key in addition.<\/p>\n
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Wow6432Node\\CLSID\\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}<\/pre>\n
Note: You may have to take ownership<\/a> of the above key, and then assign permissions to your account before modifying it.<\/p>\n
Applying as a Per-user Setting<\/h2>\n
If you want to apply the setting only for your user account, use this REG file instead. That way, you don’t have to change registry permissions etc.<\/p>\n
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n;Move Libraries to the top of the navigation pane in Explorer\r\n;For Windows 10 systems.\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\CLSID\\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}]\r\n\"SortOrderIndex\"=dword:00000032\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\CLSID\\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}]\r\n\"SortOrderIndex\"=dword:00000032\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Copy the above lines to Notepad and save the file with .REG extension. Double-click the file to run it.<\/p>\n
Libraries should be brought back to the top of the navigation pane, after Quick access.<\/p>\n
\"move<\/p>\n
Note that Libraries is hidden by default in File Explorer navigation pane. To show Libraries, right-click an empty area in the folder pane, and enable the “Show libraries” option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Windows 10, Libraries is moved down below in the File Explorer navigation pane. 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