Windows 10: Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC

Discus and support Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; [ATTACH] My D drive appears as a normal drive, but reappears as a folder in This PC, what can I do to fix this?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by JasonKarim, Nov 23, 2019.

  1. JASONKARIM
    JasonKarim Win User

    Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC


    Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC 578fef5b-fcb1-403b-840c-0f34ce47e3af?upload=true.png
    My D drive appears as a normal drive, but reappears as a folder in This PC, what can I do to fix this?

    :)
     
    JasonKarim, Nov 23, 2019
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  2. EIDAIRAMAN1
    eidairaman1 Win User

    Random folders appearing to my new hard drive

    You need to find out what is creating them exactly, right click the folders and see what they are tied to.
     
    eidairaman1, Nov 23, 2019
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  3. BIGGIESHADY
    BiggieShady Win User
    Random folders appearing to my new hard drive

    In process explorer right click on columns > select columns > process disk tab > enable disk delta write bytes
    Order the process list by disk delta write bytes columns and monitor which process springs on top when files and folders are being created.
    If it's one of the svchost.exe instances then look at it's modules and threads in the lower pane to detect the culprit.
     
    BiggieShady, Nov 23, 2019
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  4. NEMO_FIN
    nemo_fin Win User

    Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC

    Random folders appearing to my new hard drive

    So this kind of files appear daily onto my hard drive.

    Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC ecb15f62b9674cd5e5863486ee7f3b25.png



    Inside the files there are file of random words, for example:
    Hard drive appears as a folder in This PC 8f406cc8af0ef98ee3ddbc44517ef8ca.png


    I have tried removing them, which didnt work because they kept appearing. Anyone has a solution how to stop these files from appearing onto my hard drive?
     
    nemo_fin, Nov 23, 2019
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