Windows 10 Each USB drive appears 2 times in File Explorer: Top Level and under "This PC"

[pstein]

Whenever I plugin an USB flash drive or USB hard disk then these devices are recognized by Win10 successfully.

But they appear always two times in File Explorer:

- As an entry on root level
- as an entry below "This PC"

The drive label is the same e.g. "USB Dive (F: )"

How can I disable this and let each USB storage appear only once (preferable below "This PC"?

Peter

 

[livix07]

Can you take a screenshot and upload it here?

 

[pstein]

ok, here is the snapshot

This happens for all USB flash drives I plug-in

 

[livix07]

Have you tried to reset File Explorer?
(Please take a look at this How to Reset File Explorer’s Folder View in Windows 10)

Have you run System File Check command:

sfc /scannow