Windows 10: Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC'

Discus and support Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC' in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; [img] [img] See Pictures, 'Local Disk E' appears twice at the side, not an issue, but I don't know why any ideas? 40043 Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by chrisred, Feb 6, 2016.

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  1. CHRISRED
    chrisred Win User

    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC'


    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC' [​IMG]

    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC' [​IMG]
    See Pictures, 'Local Disk E' appears twice at the side, not an issue, but I don't know why any ideas?

    :)
     
    chrisred, Feb 6, 2016
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  2. SUMIT DHIMAN2
    Sumit Dhiman2 Win User
    Sumit Dhiman2, Feb 6, 2016
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  3. SCOTTEBRADLEY
    ScotteBradley Win User
    USB devices are shown twice on Windows 10

    I have the exact same issue and I also have tried everything and any thumb drive, or external hard drive appears twice (same drive letter).

    Very annoying.

    Help! This never happened until upgrading to 10.
     
    ScotteBradley, Feb 6, 2016
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC'

    Hello Chris, *Smile

    Removable drives will show twice in the navigation pane by default. Once under "This PC", and second as its own group.

    The tutorial below can show you how to remove the duplicate drives from showing separately in the navigation pane.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html
     
    Brink, Feb 6, 2016
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  5. CHRISRED
    chrisred Win User
    It's not a removable drive though is a SATA 3 SSD on the same controller as the C: drive. :-S
     
    chrisred, Feb 6, 2016
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    I bet it's classified as removable since SATA drives are hot swappable.

    I have 3 internal SATA drives, and only the OS drive and any partition on the OS drive is considered a "fixed drive". The other 2 drives are considered a "removable drive".

    Either way, the tutorial will remove it for you. *Smile
     
    Brink, Feb 6, 2016
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  7. Brink
    Brink New Member
    You're most welcome. *Smile
     
    Brink, Feb 6, 2016
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  8. CHRISRED
    chrisred Win User

    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC'

    It didn't work I ran it twice rebooting after each.
     
    chrisred, Feb 6, 2016
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  9. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Just to verify, did you use the .reg file from step 2, and approve all the prompts to apply?
     
    Brink, Feb 6, 2016
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  10. CHRISRED
    chrisred Win User
    Yep both times it completed successfully.
     
    chrisred, Feb 7, 2016
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  11. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Odd. In that case export the two registry keys below and upload them here. I'll be happy to take a look to see if anything may not be correct.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFold ers

    (Only available on 64-bit Windows)
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\ DelegateFolders
     
    Brink, Feb 7, 2016
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  12. CHRISRED
    chrisred Win User
    I've not run away had internet issues at home, narrowed it down to either a splitter or the coaxial that goes through the wall. I have the bits to fix it so will hopefully get back to you tonight.
     
    chrisred, Feb 8, 2016
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  13. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC'

    Ok. See you then. *Smile
     
    Brink, Feb 8, 2016
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  14. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Your .reg files show that the {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} key was not deleted from the location below.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFold ers\

    See if using step 2 below again will remove it.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html
     
    Brink, Feb 9, 2016
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  15. CHRISRED
    chrisred Win User
    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC' [​IMG]


    Rebooted and it's still there...


    Odd one Hard drive appearing twice in 'This PC' [​IMG]


    Can I manually delete it?
     
    chrisred, Feb 9, 2016
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