SOLVED -- Windows 7 hide empty drive icons not working

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I don't know what changed, but suddenly I am seeing all the empty drive letters from my multi-card reader.  The option to hide them is checked, the shell hardware detection service is running, but now I have all the extra drive letters I don't want to see.  I even have a network location entry for a desktop.ini configuration file showing in the Explorer computer window.

Any ideas?  Google has failed me.  

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm guessing that you have the option checked to show hidden items AND the option to hide empty drives. In which case, the drive icons are probably dimmed out, but visible.

 

 

 

 

 

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's it Jim!  Thanks.  I had turned on the show hidden files and folders option just recently to track down a setting and then left it selected.  Funny, no one in any of the forums I searched suggested that.  Wincustomize is king (lowercase)!

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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting gevansmd, reply 2

Wincustomize is king (lowercase)!

 

Actually, RND is king, but I'll let that side...........this time...   :-"

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Your wife posts here sometimes and she describes you more as a knave rather than king. :lol:

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Let's leave the sheep out of this.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oops! Too late. Redneck done it 'fore I did.  |-)