Multiple drive letters and odd devices

GracieAllen

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New box is together. Windows 8.1 64-bit.

When I look at my drives in file explorer, a couple drives have multiple drive letters...

For example, my data backup drive, which is only one partition, shows up as drive "Int data backup (T:)(T:)(T:)" - unfortunately, it keeps changing the colon and closing parentheses to that goofy smiley face.

Same for a couple others... I've never seen this before in Windows 7, so what is this? Do I need to do something about it?

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Also, in "Devices and Printers" from the control panel, I have FOUR occurrences of "DIRECTV2PC Media Server" and FOUR occurrences of "DIRECTV Mediashare Renderer"

Do they have anything to do with the multiple drive letters? What the heck are they for? And can I delete them?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel 5820
    Motherboard
    Asus X99 Deluxe
    Memory
    Crucial Ballistix 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 970 FTW
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2, 30" U3014
    Hard Drives
    1TB 840 EVO O/S, apps, all non-image data
    2, 3TB Seagate for images
    2, 2TB Seagate for backups
    3, 1TB external backups
    PSU
    EVGA Gold 1000W
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
    Internet Speed
    20 MB
    Browser
    Firefox
It appears your PC is connected to a media Share network
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
There is a "Disable smilies in text option". Bottom of the screen Additional Options > Miscellaneous Options. You may have to click "Go Advanced" to see it. I can't help you with the other issue though.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Yes, we have Direct TV, and the genie is on the same network. My question on that part was WHY do I have FOUR occurrences of "DIRECTV2PC Media Server" and FOUR occurrences of "DIRECTV Mediashare Renderer"? Do I delete three of them? Are they all different somehow?

As for the drives with the multiple drive letters... Does this mean there's a problem of some kind? Does everyone's Windows 8.1 have this in some random fashion? What's causing the multiple drive letters?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel 5820
    Motherboard
    Asus X99 Deluxe
    Memory
    Crucial Ballistix 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 970 FTW
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2, 30" U3014
    Hard Drives
    1TB 840 EVO O/S, apps, all non-image data
    2, 3TB Seagate for images
    2, 2TB Seagate for backups
    3, 1TB external backups
    PSU
    EVGA Gold 1000W
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
    Internet Speed
    20 MB
    Browser
    Firefox
Nope, only have one drive letter, and 4 networked computers, a network blueray and TV..

don't feel to bad though - another poster has all the icon upside down on his..

Sometimes it is good to be different, sometimes it is not..

I would try the installation again if it where me..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
I changed the drive letter to see if that would change it... Nope. Removed the drive letter. Nope.

FINALLY, I opened the drive properties and found that SOMETHING (and I SWEAR it wasn't me), had taken the drive letter and APPENDED IT to the drive label. And whatever it was, apparently I did it at LEAST twice, 'cause the drive label had (T colon closing parenthesis TWICE... Fixed the labels and I'm back to 1 drive letter... I have no idea what DID the appending, but now that I know that's what it is, if it happens again I can fix it.......

Which just leaves me with the question about the multiple media servers and mediashare renderers... It's no big deal to ignore having 4 of each, it's just odd...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel 5820
    Motherboard
    Asus X99 Deluxe
    Memory
    Crucial Ballistix 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 970 FTW
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2, 30" U3014
    Hard Drives
    1TB 840 EVO O/S, apps, all non-image data
    2, 3TB Seagate for images
    2, 2TB Seagate for backups
    3, 1TB external backups
    PSU
    EVGA Gold 1000W
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
    Internet Speed
    20 MB
    Browser
    Firefox
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