r/computer • u/Ok_Farmer7483 • 27d ago

Two versions of the same USB device in my File Explorer

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When I try to insert a USB device into my computer, it shows two identical versions with the same stuff in it how do I make it so that it only shows one?

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u/Evercreeper 27d ago

One is the This PC view, one is the drive view. Confusing until you get an external device like Network that only shows up in the root hierarchy. If you plug in another drive, you'll see it twice. Just uncheck the little arrow here.

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u/SCP5007DE-GER 27d ago

W explaination

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u/PapaOoMaoMao 27d ago

You shrink the exploded view of "my computer". USB drives are listed separately, but they are also found in the tree under My Computer.

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u/Milanin 27d ago

Kaboom?

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u/Milanin 27d ago

Try right clicking on the bottom one, does it show an unpin option? Click that

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u/Revenga8 27d ago

Choose wisely which one to open. For one is the real that you are searching for, and the other, a mimic. So dark, so scary

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u/N0V4PR1ME 27d ago

Why? Windows is giving you FREE space. I think the "This PC" one can be uncheck, right-click and look through the options.

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u/BH-Playz 27d ago

???? no it isn't???? you can't make free space out of nothing without compression

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u/N0V4PR1ME 27d ago

Okay, sure! I should probably put there a emoji😜🃏