Recently I was asked to remove the extra disks from the explorer. I didn’t immediately understand what was at stake, as it turned out sometimes in the navigation pane of Windows 10 Explorer, you can see your disks immediately on the pane, and if you open this computer, they will repeat. That is, in the left pane of the explorer, you will see your disks twice. If I didn’t quite clearly describe it, look at the picture below (it was sent to me when I asked for a screenshot).

To remove duplicate disks, you need to tweak the registry a little. Before editing the registry, it is always recommended to create a system restore point first.

1. Open the registry editor: in the search bar or in the execute menu (execute is called by the win + r keys) write regedit and press Enter.

2. To follow the instructions further, you need to know the bitness of your Windows.

3.  If you have Windows 10 32-bit – in the left column of the registry editor, go to the section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Desktop NameSpace DelegateFolders {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}. Then click on the section {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} right-click => Delete.

Confirm the deletion by clicking “Yes” and then close the registry editor.

If you have Windows 10 64-bit – in the left column of the registry editor, go to the section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE WOW6432Node Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Desktop NameSpace DelegateFold {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}.  Then click on the section {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} right-click => Delete.

Confirm the deletion by clicking “Yes” and then close the registry editor.

Restart Explorer, now you should not have duplicate disks.

When big updates for Windows 10 come, after installing them, these disks can return and if you want, you can delete them again using this instruction. That’s all for today, if you have any additions – write comments! Good luck ?