Personalization Add "Show Home" on Navigation Pane to Folder Options in Windows 11

Brink · Aug 2, 2024

This tutorial will show you how to add the "Show Home" on File Explorer Navigation Pane setting to Folder Options for all users in Windows 11.

Home in the navigation pane is the default homepage of File Explorer (Win+E) that allows you to quickly access and view your pinned/frequent locations (Quick access), Favorites (pinned files), and Recent files from one location.

Quick access = Displays up to 13 folders that you pinned or frequently opened on the system.
Favorites = Pinned files.
Recent (Recent files) = Displays up to 25 files that you most recently opened.

Adding the Show Home setting to Folder Options will make it easy for users to turn on or off showing Home on the navigation pane of File Explorer on demand for their account when Show all folders is turned off.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove "Show Home" in Folder Options.

If you turn on Show all folders in the navigation pane, Home will always show in the navigation pane by default.

EXAMPLE: "Show Home" in Folder Options, and Home on File Explorer navigation pane

Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you want.

2 Add "Show Home" to Folder Options

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_ShowHome_to_Folder_Options.reg

Download

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\NavPane\ShowHome]
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"Id"=dword:0000000d
"RegPath"="Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}"
"Text"="Show Home"
"Type"="checkbox"
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"ValueName"="System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"

3 Remove "Show Home" from Folder Options

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_ShowHome_from_Folder_Options.reg

Download

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\NavPane\ShowHome]

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 If Folder Options is open, then close and reopen it to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink