![]() ![]() By default, the Quick Access feature is disabled in the File Explorer application on Windows, Although, enabling it is quite simple. Quick Access was first introduced in Windows 10. ![]() When you enable the Quick Access feature, you also get easy access to important folders like Desktop, Download, Documents etc.Ī feature similar to Quick Access used to exist in older versions of Windows, which was the ‘Favourites’ section. The purpose of the Quick Access section is to present you with a list of your recently or frequently opened files and folders and help you to easily get back to your work. Protection software block malware applications that could harm your PC.Quick Access is a directory present in the File Explorer application of Windows 11. But, sometime, they can also make collateral damages and block legit software like Quick Access Popup. To prevent bad programs from taking control or infiltrate your PC, protection programs use two protection approaches. ![]() Some protection programs block known malware and frequently update a blacklist database to catch these apps before they can do damage.But, more often, protection software have a more aggressive approach: they block any app that could cause damage based on various criteria. To allow good applications to work, they maintain a whitelist of trusted apps. This may result in occasional false malware alerts. In the case of Quick Access Popup, between 0% and 4% of the various detection softwares can produce such false alerts. All others declare Quick Access Popup as clean and safe! If your protection software is blocking it, please see if you can approve ( whitelist) Quick Access Popup in the configuration of your software. Also, you can probably go to your software website and report Quick Access Popup as a good app to add to the whitelist database. See this list many major Anti-Virus companies websites where you can ask to test and clear Quick Access Popup. See also this discussion on the page on this subject for my older app Folders Popup. More about this issue in this post from another independent developer: Antivirus companies cause a big headache to small developers. Needless to say – all these virus-related email messages that I receive every day are a big headache and require me to waste my time on answering/handling them, instead of adding new features to my utilities and updating my site. ![]()
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