Browsable Disk Not Shown in Win10 Explorer

Question

Out of ideas myself so hoping someone has seen this or can throw ideas at it.

I have a Win10PRO x64 21H1 with latest monthly updates installed

C, D, E, F Drives - all Internal
F Drive not shown in "This PC" or down the side bar - it was until 1 week ago appx.
Entering F:\ in address bar works
Can browse Disk
Applications dependent on F working

I've tried

Re-install Disk
Re-letter to G, at which point it appears. Move back to F, disappears again yet still usable.
Offline/Online in Disk Management.
Detach Disk, Boot, Reboot with Disk attached to make OS acknowledge missing.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank You !

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '22 at 10:47

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It is possible to hide drives in Explorer:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/hide-physical-drives-in-windows-explorer-25e8ddaf-b6d4-e5ac-5342-ff22eaefb2f1

So, check that the corresponding registry value is not set on your computer: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDrives

answered Apr 02 '22 at 10:47

Swisstone

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Thanks for replying Swisstone! Checked, I have no "NoDrives" defined it should be showing all letters, in theory..... – Adamski2505 Apr 04 '22 at 19:41
@Adamski2505 Can you check for the same value in HKLM too? – Swisstone Apr 04 '22 at 20:12

Browsable Disk Not Shown in Win10 Explorer

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