Files: Mismatched drive names in sidebar and navigation toolbar

Created on 18 Mar 2020  ·  6Comments  ·  Source: files-community/Files

Describe the bug
The Windows drive is named "Windows (C:)" in the sidebar, but navigating to a directory in the C: drive names the drive as "Local Disk (C:)"

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Open the Files UWP App
  2. Click on the Windows (C:) in the sidebar
  3. Observe the path textbox name for the drive

Expected behavior
Whenever the current directory path starts with "C:\", the path textbox should name the drive "Windows (C:)"

Screenshots
mismatched drive names - files uwp issue
The highlighted names should be the same

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS Version: [e.g. Windows 10 1909 18363.720]
  • App version: [v0.7.1.0]

Additional context
Does this problem occur again after restarting the app? Yes
I haven't found any issue that addresses this so I opened a new one.

bug fixed

All 6 comments

It goes by the drive name, if you rename the c: drive you should see that reflected in the sidebar.

After a fresh install, the default behavior the user would expect is consistent naming, without manually renaming the drive.

@nahomebssa We hear you, and this is on the roadmap to be fixed.

@nahomebssa I am sorry that I wasn't clear, I meant that the sidebar would reflect whatever you have set in the system. On a fresh install, the c: drive is named Local Disk. It could be there are different factors that affect this and that you see something else.
In any case, as @duke7553 said, it is on our roadmap to fix and we will make the sidebar and pathbar be consistent in this area.

This should be fixed when the v0.7.3 release rolls out.

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