Samsung external hard drive

[Joe Busuttil]

When i open the desktop icon for my Samsung External Hard Drive, the drop-down menu does not show the wording "Browse files". I am on Windows 10.

thank you very much in advance for your kind help.

Joe B.

[Lord of the Rings]

Re-check your Samsung manual in regards to how to use. I am not referring to the Drive Manager manual.

Make sure you are choosing the correct Desktop icon. ie: the external drive and not the Samsung Drive Manager.

One thought is to open your user Desktop folder and arrange view option so you might see if you can open via clicking any folder icon or arrows.
Another method would be to go to the My Computer/This PC system folder/window that shows connected drives (Devices & connected Drives); such as drive A, C, D, etc.

The following image below is not the best of examples but same concept.


I do not have any external drive that opens via a drop-down menu! (though you did not specify whether it's a menu bar or right-click menu.)
I suspect you are attempting to open the Drive Manager utilities.

It is often a good idea to rename your external drive so it is immediately recognisable and cannot be confused with any other device or folder. Perhaps not using Samsung in the drive's title, in that way you will not confuse the Samsung drive manager or utilities with the actual drive.

[Joe Busuttil]

Many thanks for your prompt and detailed reply.

It is very interesting and has taught me a lot.

Shortly before i accessed it, somehow the external hard drive icon turned up in the One Drive folder (how this happened beats me !). I dragged the icon to the desktop, and, wonder of wonders, all was back to normal again.

The fascination of modern technology, or what ? No wonder I am still learning computer navigation ever since I started back in 2003...

Once again, thank you, thank you very much, and best regards.

Joe