Windows 10: E Drive showing up twice under "This PC" in File Expolorer

Discus and support E Drive showing up twice under "This PC" in File Expolorer in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; So I use my C Drive mostly for games and other things as it is an SSD and my E drive is a hard disc drive. I move the location of some small files that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by drewschuller, Aug 19, 2021.

  1. DREWSCHULLER
    drewschuller Win User

    E Drive showing up twice under "This PC" in File Expolorer


    So I use my C Drive mostly for games and other things as it is an SSD and my E drive is a hard disc drive. I move the location of some small files that don't require fast loading times like Pictures and Downloads in the E drive. Now for some reason it shows the E drive with the hard drive logo default and also one above the music tab and this one has the Pictures logo on it. I have no idea what to do. Also sometimes I try to add stuff to the actual E drive and it says I am unable to for some reason. Is there any way I can fix it? I tried the recovery reset for my PC and removing all of my fi

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    drewschuller, Aug 19, 2021
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  2. GEGJR
    gegjr Win User

    External drives show twice in file explorer

    In Windows 10 external usb drives show twice in file explorer. Once under This PC and again under Desktop. How do eliminate one?
     
    gegjr, Aug 19, 2021
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  3. CODE3BOOTS
    code3boots Win User
    Drive from old computer shows up as System Reserved

    I am also adding a shot of This PC. It shows the old driving listed twice as system reserved and drive E. I thank you for the assistance you are providing.
     
    code3boots, Aug 19, 2021
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  4. GEGJR
    gegjr Win User

    E Drive showing up twice under "This PC" in File Expolorer

    External drives show twice in file explorer In Windows 10 external usb drives show twice in file explorer.

    External drives show twice in file explorer

    In Windows 10 external usb drives show twice in file explorer. Once under This PC and again under Desktop. How do eliminate one?

    According to support this isn't a flaw. I consider it to be a design flaw. The second appearance of the usb connected D drive is NOT under libraries.
    E Drive showing up twice under "This PC" in File Expolorer 241fbafc-73d0-4cf8-b63d-4e4d8edbb5e6?upload=true.png
     
    gegjr, Aug 19, 2021
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