Windows 10: Duplicate Drive Entries in Explorer

Here is a screen shot of the left hand panel of File Explorer. Note it shows two entries for My Passport 1TB (X*Smile. That is, of course, my external USB drive. When I open either one of them the same file and folder list appears Why does that drive it show up twice? And, can I deleted one of them?

Thank you.





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USB devices are shown twice on Windows 10

Need to delete duplicate Entry for removable drive from registry. Follow the link

USB Drive Appearing Twice In Navigation Pane Of Windows 10 File Explorer

 

Duplicate microSD card entries in File Explorer

How do I eliminate the duplicate File Explorer entry for the microSD card on my Surface Pro 3?

BACKGROUND: I've just completed a clean install of Windows 10 v.1511 from a USB drive. Everything went fine and I haven't added any apps, not even antivirus or browser, only the default apps. When I check file explorer there are two identical entries for the
microSD. The top one isn't expanded (single line) and a folder list is shown under the second one. Under Settings>System>Storage, I've since set save locations for documents, music, pictures, and videos as Drive E: (microSD); but that was done after I noticed
the duplicate entries. I've also checked the device manager for duplicate entries, but there are none. I've also removed the microSD card in device manager, shutdown, physically removed the card, restarted and reinserted the card. The duplicate entries are
still there.

Thanks.

Bill

 

Hello JJG10, *Smile

The tutorial below can help show you how to remove the duplicate drives in the navigation pane of File Explorer.

Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane in Windows 10

 

Thanks for the info. I was curious about this myself.

 

Thank you. That answered my question completely.

 

You're most welcome. *Smile