In this post, I describe how to show the Recent Places from Windows 7 Favorites on Windows 10.
Bonus: I also describe how to show Recent Items which displays recent files and folders.
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To show Recent Places on Windows 10:
1. Copy and paste the following text %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99} into a Run prompt then press OK:
2. Recent folders is shown (this is the same as Recent Places):
3. Left click drag and drop the Recent folders text from the address bar over Quick access in the tree view on the left to pin Recent folders to Quick Access:
Bonus
To show Recent Items in Windows 10:
1. Copy and paste the following text Recent items into a Run prompt then press OK:
2. Recent Items is shown:
3. Drag and drop the Recent Items text from the address bar to Quick access to pin Recent Items to Quick Access.
4. Click the Date modified column header to sort the items and show the most recently modified files and folders at the top.