Windows 10: How do I delete useless Local Disks?

Discus and support How do I delete useless Local Disks? in Windows 10 Virtualization to solve the problem; Hello! *Smile New member here. I have a problem with Local Disks being created every time I mount a virtual drive. Once I remove the virtual... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Virtualization' started by GrumpyCat, Oct 14, 2015.

  1. GrumpyCat Win User

    How do I delete useless Local Disks?


    Hello! *Smile

    New member here.

    I have a problem with Local Disks being created every time I mount a virtual drive. Once I remove the virtual drive, an entry is left in explorer that will not go away. Over time, new ones keep being added, and it will go all the way up the alphabet. I should only have Local Disk (C: ) listed there.


    How do I delete useless Local Disks? [​IMG]



    How do I delete useless Local Disks? [​IMG]


    What can I do to delete all these Local Disk entries?

    Thanks in advance!

    :)
     
    GrumpyCat, Oct 14, 2015
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  2. LW8
    LW8 Win User

    How Do I Delete Calendar? It is useless and a spammer has loaded it up with dailey notifications for the next 20 years, 5 times a day.

    How do I delete Calendar? It is useless to me, and a spammer has loaded it up with notifications for the next 20 years, 5+ times a day.
     
  3. lacrumb Win User
    How Do I Delete Calendar? It is useless and a spammer has loaded it up with dailey notifications for the next 20 years, 5 times a day.

    Which calendar? Is it the app as found in All apps?
     
    lacrumb, Oct 14, 2015
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    How do I delete useless Local Disks?

    Hello GrumpyCat, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

    If you mean for mounted .vhd files, then you could use the same method in the tutorial below to detach them.

    Virtual Hard Disk - Unattach and Delete VHD - Windows 7 Help Forums
     
    Brink, Oct 14, 2015
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  5. jds63 Win User
    Give an image of Disk Management ? When you mount an ISO say, doesn't it become a virtual DVD drive, Brink ?
     
    jds63, Oct 14, 2015
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  6. GrumpyCat Win User
    Jds63, Here is an image of Disk Management, as requested:
    How do I delete useless Local Disks? [​IMG]
    The virtual drives were created, mounted and dismounted using VeraCrypt, if that helps.
     
    GrumpyCat, Oct 14, 2015
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  7. jds63 Win User
    If were VHD then could be deleted here, but i see no drives except C: at Disk Management. Not familiar with Veracrypt. If mounting an ISO say and dismounting do not need program like this. Then maybe fault of this program have you checked support for this program ?
    Now that i look up Veracrypt see it is used for encryption for drives.
     
    jds63, Apr 5, 2018
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