Windows 10: Duplicate OneDrive Shortcut on File Explorer Pane

I've been recently using OneDrive and noticed that I have 2 of the same shortcuts on the left pane of File Explorer, which for me is quite irritating.I am running Windows 11 Professional 23H2 Build 22631.4169 and have installed all the latest updates.I have tried multiple troubleshooting methods;Resetting OneDriveReinstalling OneDriveDeleting the OneDrive folder from the User folderMaking the folder hiddenConfiguring the Registry from various sourcesUnlinking and re-linking the account to my computerNote that reinstalling Windows is a last resort option and I would prefer to stay away from it

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External drives are duplicated in File Explorer on Windows 11.

Pls try the steps (or the registry fix remove-duplicate-drives.reg to automate the task) to resolve the issue.

External Drives Listed Twice (Duplicate) in File Explorer Navigation Pane

 

Duplicate OneDrive entry unexpectedly appears in File Explorer

You're welcome

You do have access, but the data that populates HKCU is only loaded for the logged in user by default. If you want to edit the HKCU data for another user when logged on as Administrator, you have to load their user hive into Regedit, edit as desired, and then unload the hive to save the changes.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Select the HKEY_USERS key
3. From the nemu: File -> Load Hive...
   
   
4. In the Load Hive dialog, navigate to the desired user's profile folder and select the ntuser.dat file
   
   
5. You'lll be prompted for a name, which can be anything -- it's not persistent with the file
   
   
6. And you then have access to the other user's registry hive
   
   

I'd like to see an export before you delete it! *Biggrin I would start by deleting the corresponding key under:

• <User>\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

 

OneDrive missing from Windows Explorer navigation pane

When I first cleaned installed Windows 10 v1809 on my machine I applied a Group Policy setting for OneDrive to Prevent the Usage of OneDrive for File Storage to ENABLED. Of course, that would remove the OneDrive from the left side navigation pane within Windows File Explorer. But now, I set the Group Policy back to NOT CONFIGURED, rebooted the machine and the OneDrive is still missing from the the left side of the Windows File Explorer navigation pane as shown in my image. I even performed the command GPUPDATE /FORCE.

My laptop is a standalone, not part of a Domain.

I tried all the things listed from the article below but with no luck. I also was able to sign in with my OneDrive account and that was all fine and OneDrive appeared on the File Explorer pane. But once I UNLINKED my account from OneDrive, the OneDrive was still missing.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...8-b74545c7f4da

Even if no Group Policies are set, and even NOT signing into OneDrive, by default, the OneDrive icon should still appear on the left side navigation pane when launching Windows File Explorer.

And suggestions?

My guess is to recreate my user profile, but I don't really want to do that now.