Solved Why does File Explorer show drives redundantly?


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elevadu

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I just plugged in an old USB drive on my new-ish Windows 11 laptop, and went to check This PC for drive space remaining, but after expanding it, noticed the USB drive shows twice in the left panel.

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Why does it do this? This is just noise, junk. I only need it to show within This PC.

I'm not even seeing a setting to have it display in one place or another. I really don't need it side-by-side to This PC and Network.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude
Hello, and welcome. :alien:

Removable drives are shown as separate groups in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default in addition to being shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane.

You can turn this off using the method in the tutorial below.

www.elevenforum.com

Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add (show) or remove (hide) the drives showing twice in the navigation pane of File Explorer for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Removable drives are shown as separate groups in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default in addition to being shown...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
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    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
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    Google Chrome
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    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
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    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
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    CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD
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  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
elevadu said:
I just plugged in an old USB drive on my new-ish Windows 11 laptop, and went to check This PC for drive space remaining, but after expanding it, noticed the USB drive shows twice in the left panel.

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Why does it do this? This is just noise, junk. I only need it to show within This PC.

I'm not even seeing a setting to have it display in one place or another. I really don't need it side-by-side to This PC and Network.
Click to expand...
My 3 drives show that way also.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro RTM
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 3400
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 11th Gen. 2.40GHz
    Memory
    12GB
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD NVMe M.2
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro RTM x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 5890
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 10th Gen. 2.90GHz
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Onboard, no VGA, using a DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" Dell
    Hard Drives
    512GB SSD NVMe, 4TB Seagate HDD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender/Microsoft Security
This did not work for me.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS-15-7590
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz, 259
    Motherboard
    BaseBoard Product 018W12
    Memory
    16GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x8G
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Digital Power Station | Bongiovi Acoustics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 EVO 1TB
    PSU
    6-Cell 97WHr Integrated
    Case
    Platinum Silver
    Keyboard
    Logitech K 470
    Mouse
    Jelly Comb MS023
    Internet Speed
    200 | 10
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    I changed my login password to "Incorrect."
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