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    Windows 7 Hard Drive appears empty

    I'm having a problem with both of my drives (one solid state, one HDD) where when I try to browse files within any kind of program other than windows explorer they appear to be completely empty except for files under the "My Documents" directory. An example of this situation would be trying to...
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    • data recovery document issues empty drives file access file browsing hard drive hdd solid state windows explorer windows issues
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  2. Windows 7 Unable to see empty drives in Explorer

    I have tried every conceivable way to get Explorer to let me view my empty drives under Computer. They show when there's a disk in them. They show in the reading pane, they just won't show up as empty drives in the Nav pane. I have tried deleting the upper and lower filters in the registry...
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    • drive visibility empty drives explorer file explorer folder options navigation pane registry troubleshooting user interface windows settings
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 "Hide empty drives" in WinExplorer?

    I enabled in WinExplorer menu Tools->Folder options->View->Hide empty drives in the computer folder. However (even after restart) empty dirves (like my DVD drive (=no media inside)) are shown in WinExplorer as drives. Why? How can I disable otherwise empty drives in WinExplorer? Peter
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    • configuration dvd drive empty drives explorer folder options hide drives settings user interface windows windows 10
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support