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I used to have my computer backing up to Drive E External which is a G-Drive Brand External Drive. After installing windows 11, I eventually noticed it was no longer showing in MY COMPUTER. Today I checked my backup software and noticed it is no longer backing up to that drive.
The way I found out about this is I stuck in a USB stick and noted it said Drive E - Lexar (Formerly my External Drive) and I thought that strange. Then I found out I I could not safely eject the USB stick and my software and discovered my software was in the process of backing up my entire computer onto that little stick so I halted that process. I then also noted that my drive E was listed twice in Microsoft Explorer.
When I put in a USB stick, they both change to the STICK NAME i.e. E - Lexar instead of E - G-Drive.
I looked into this and learned I could rename Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}.old and that would solve the problem, but that is for Windows 10.
But then I found out I have two Namespace directories - NAMESPACE and NameSpace_36354489 and both contain multiple folders and a DELEGATE folder.
To complicate matters, my external drive is a G-Drive, so I really should have delegated that to G not E just to simplify. Can it be changed?
Any smart humans here that can guide me through a fix on this?
Addendum. I just plugged in the stick again and got this, so I will rename External G-Drive (E) to External G-Drive (G) for Clarity, but I still have it showing up twice.
UPDATE - I renamed the External Drive and now get this. The Registry still looks the same, 2ith two DELEGATE FOLDERS files so that seems to be the big problem.
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UPDATE - I renamed the External Drive and now get this. The Registry still looks the same, 2ith two DELEGATE FOLDERS files so that seems to be the big problem.
AFAIK that's a flaw in Windows 11, external and USB drives show up twice in the navigation pane but only once under 'Devices and drives'
Thank you Sibro. I tried both methods indicated at the link provided. Neither work on Windows 11. apparently. I don't see where the file actually installed the key into the Delegate folder, either. Oh, well, now that I know it is just an annoyance, I'll just deal with it.
I researched a bit and this is an issue with Windows 10 as well, I totally forgot about it.
Anyway, I found a workaround that works at Windows 11 Forum using their "Remove" registry patch.
Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11
Thank you, Sibro, Is there a workaround? It really isn't ideal. It's confusing. Would this be a good time to fix that before Windows 11 goes mainstream?
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Sorry IDK of any workaround, I didn't look for one. TBH, it doesn't bother me.
FYI, Windows 11 went mainstream well over a year ago.
Thank you, Sibro, Is there a workaround? It really isn't ideal. It's confusing. Would this be a good time to fix that before Windows 11 goes mainstream?