Unlike previous versions of Windows, the all new Windows 10 opens up the Home folder when you click on the File Explorer icon on the taskbar or when you simultaneously press Windows+E keys. With default settings, the Home folders shows favorites, recently accessed files and folders.
It’s easily possible make Windows 10 open This PC when you click on the File Explorer icon or when you press Windows+E hotkey. You can read through our how to make Windows+E open This PC or Computer and how to remove favories, frequent folders and recent items from the Home folder for detailed information.
While, as mentioned above, you can configure Windows 10 to open This PC or Computer when you click on the File Explorer icon, some of you might want to see all drive partitions under Home folder to avoid having to visit This PC to access partitions.
How to pin hard drives to taskbar in Windows 10 guide might also interest you.
Get drive partitions under Home folder
If you love the idea of having all hard drive partitions under the Home folder in Windows 10, simply follow the given below instructions.
Step 1: Open Registry Editor by typing Regedit.exe in the Start menu search box and then pressing Enter key. Click Yes button when you see the UAC dialog.
Step 2: In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HomeFolder\NameSpace\DelegateFolders
Step 3: Right-click on DelegateFolder, click New and then click Key to create a new key under key. Enter the name of the key as {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}.
Step 4: Now, click {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} key, to see Default on the right-side.
Step 5: Double-click on Default value and change the Value Data to This PC. Click OK button. That’s it!
Close the Registry Editor and open Home folder to see all partitions. As you can see, all partitions appear under Favorites.
