Windows 10: Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane in Windows 10

hi, did you actually find a solution to this problem, I have the same problem,(windows 10 build 10586.11) I tried the regedit download remove drive but it didn't work for me. any advise? thanks

 

Hello wbhworld, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

The tutorial still works for me. If you haven't already, see if restarting the computer after merging the .reg file may help.

 

hi thanks for your reply, I did restart but no changes made,

 

wbhworld,

Please go ahead and export the two keys below from your registry and upload them. I'll be happy to take a look at them to see if you may have some other registry entry add that could be causing the tutorial to not work for you. *Smile

Code: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders[/quote]

 

hope this works, not that technical*Sad

HKEY_CLASSES.reg
HKEY-LOCAL.reg

 

wbhworld,

I found the problem. The {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} key didn't get deleted from your registry at the location below.

Try the download from step 2 again being sure to approve all prompts to merge it.

Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders[/quote]

 

Brink,
I did step 2 download but I can not yet restart PC because I am doing backup Image Check which has been running for hours and hours (about 15hours with 3 to go)and I dont want interupt it otherwise I have to start again. So I will restart later and inform you of the results. Do I have to Import those Keys back again??

 

Ok. If you're restoring an image dated before doing step 2, then yeah you'll need to do it again after the image has been restored.

Otherwise, there's no need.

 

I did restart but 2 "E" drives still showing*Sad

 

In that case, manually go to the location below in your registry, delete the {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} subkey under DelegateFolders, and restart.

Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders[/quote]

 

this actually worked, wow*Partymany thanks I really appreciate your time and assistance,,do I need to do anything about importing the other KEY? I didn't delete.

 

Great news. No need to do anything else. *Party

For some reason the .reg file from step 2 was not being successfully merged, but I'm glad manually doing what was in the .reg file worked for you.

 

I removed the following key and it got rid of my double drive problem in explorer/file manager. But in the open/save dialog boxes I still see two drives. Any fix for that too?

Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}[/quote]

 

Hello Ken, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Did you restart the computer afterwards to fully apply?

 

Yes, repeatedly. I still have the drive appear twice in the open/save dialogs. can't figure out why. would that be a different reg key then?