Solved Removable drive letters in Windows 7 not disappearing

[Dragonchaser]

I have 2 drive letters in Windows Explorer when I click Computer for flash drives (USB sticks):

Removable Disk (F
Removable Disk (H

But there is no flash drive attached to my computer (i.e. no USB stick in a USB port). When I double click I get the following (quite logical) error:

Please insert a disk into Removable Disk (F.
Please insert a disk into Removable Disk (H.

When I put a USB stick in a USB port one if the drives becomes accessible when I double click it. No problem.

But usually when you remove a USB stick the drive letter disappears.

Why does mine stay?

 

[jumanji]

Read this What are these "no media", "removable" drives on my system?

 

[Xenoid]

Hello Dragonchaser,

There is an option to hide empty drives.
Open "Windows Explorer" (Win+R), go to "Tools" menu (Alt+T) and select "Folder Options" (Alt+O).
In the options windows choose "View" tab. Find an option called "Hide empty drives in the Computer folder" and mark it's checkbox (see attachment). Press "Apply" and "OK" buttons.

I hope this helps.

 

[Dragonchaser]

Thanks very much guys, I really appreciate it. And I learned something today.