Hide Bitlocked Drive From Showing In Explorer Only


  1. theoldfarter
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    Windows 10 Pro. Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045
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    Hide Bitlocked Drive From Showing In Explorer Only


    I have 3 Drives in my laptop. One is Bitlocked.
    In my Folder Options, I have PC selected so when I open Explorer, it shows the Drives in the lower portion.

    I wish to keep it that way but I want the Bitlocked drive not to show there.
    It also shows in the "This PC" on the left side. I want it to continue to show there.

    Is there any way of just removing it from showing in the PC pane but leave it showing under "This PC" on the left side?
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  3. Berton
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    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
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    The only way I've seen to hide an attached drive is to remove the drive letter in Disk Management but then nothing can see it, makes it useless. Programs that can open or save files/data to a drive have their own somewhat limited version of File Explorer/Windows Explorer or the old File Manager. There may be methods to do it but I've not tried, don't want to lose availability.
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  4. theoldfarter
    Posts : 181
    Windows 10 Pro. Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045
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    @Berton
    Thanks for your input.
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