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Windows 10 spontaneously opens my backup drives

by Jatab | October 2, 2018 6:13 AM PDT

I obsessively backup to three external hard drives, using SyncToy. Recently when I run the routine Windows spontaneously opens all three drives, then throws me an error message and either shuts down SyncToy or stalls it. I'm running Windows 10 Pro on a Dell Optiplex (small footprint).

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by R. Proffitt Forum moderator | October 2, 2018 10:38 AM PDT

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It's likely the default action is to open WFE. (Windows File Explorer.)

There are a lot of articles on changing this. You may want it to do nothing.
https://www.google.com/search?q=change+what+happens+when+usb+drive+is+plugged+in+Windows+10

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