Windows 10 - Cannot Pin to Quick Access: The parameter is incorrect


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I got the exact same error message whenever I tried to open up a .jpg file off of my external drive. Weird issue, but a restart fixed it. I know that probably doesn't help you much, but thought that thee same error message in both cases was interesting.

I appear to have stumbled onto the possible cause for this issue, and how to fix it.  I believe the issue was started when I ran PrivaZer against my OS drive the first time.  The fix is pretty odd, as I fixed it by running PrivaZer against my OS drive a second time.  Once PrivaZer had completed is job, Quick Access and Jump List were back working.  I didn't even have to reboot.

 

Unfortunately, I have no idea why this worked, or even why it happened in the first place.  I'm going to pass this along to PrivaZer.  Maybe they can figure it out.

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Hey, just came across this over at Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3gozev/help_cant_pin_any_folder_to_quick_access_the/

I found this on another site (can't remember where) but running this in command prompt worked for me.
del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations

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