File Explorer- USB Icon

The red bar indicates low space warning. You cannot change how it is computed in the settings but you can get rid/hide those warning bars.

Follow the below steps:

1. Run REGEDIT as administrator
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive
3. Change the values for both TileInfo and PreviewDetails keys (double click on the keys) by removing the phrase "System.PercentFull;", without the quotes.

The TileInfo key:

Before:

prop:*System.PercentFull;System.Computer.DecoratedFreeSpace;System.Volume.FileSystem

After:

prop:*System.Computer.DecoratedFreeSpace;System.Volume.FileSystem

The PreviewDetailskey:

Before:

prop:*System.PercentFull;System.FreeSpace;System.Capacity;System.Volume.FileSystem;*System.Volume.BitLockerProtection

After:

prop:*System.FreeSpace;System.Capacity;System.Volume.FileSystem;*System.Volume.BitLockerProtection

4. Open My Computer, you should be able to see the absence of the color bars. If you still see them, just reboot your machine.

Hello,

Here was my original post:

When I view a USB drive icon in file explorer it shows a red bar indicating data on the drive where the other drives show a light blue.  The drive has 1.74 GB of open space on a 32 GB drive.  The drive seems to function correctly and I've scanned it for viruses and there aren't any.

Thanks,

Claude

The photo below shows how the drive shows up on file explorer.  The only additional information I can add is that it dispays the same on two different computers.  I I deleted 1.7 GB of data from the drive to see if that would change the color from red to light blue.  It did not.

Thank you,

Claude Phillips

Hi ClaudePhillips ,

I'm an Independent Advisor and consumer of Microsoft products just like you. I would be happy to help you with your concern.

Can you please provide more details on your concern for me to help you out?