diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Main.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Main.cs
index 7b56df691..ea44620ed 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Main.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search;
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.ViewModels;
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Views;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer
             viewModel = new SettingsViewModel(context);
             await viewModel.LoadStorage();
             Settings = viewModel.Settings;
+
+            // as at v1.7.0 this is to maintain backwards compatibility, need to be removed afterwards.
+            if (Settings.QuickFolderAccessLinks.Any())
+                Settings.QuickAccessLinks = Settings.QuickFolderAccessLinks;
+
             contextMenu = new ContextMenu(Context, Settings);
             searchManager = new SearchManager(Settings, Context);
         }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs
index 798877e24..a8eac986d 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer
 
         public List<AccessLink> QuickAccessLinks { get; set; } = new List<AccessLink>();
 
+        // as at v1.7.0 this is to maintain backwards compatibility, need to be removed afterwards.
+        public List<AccessLink> QuickFolderAccessLinks { get; set; } = new List<AccessLink>();
+
         public bool UseWindowsIndexForDirectorySearch { get; set; } = true;
 
         public List<AccessLink> IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths { get; set; } = new List<AccessLink>();