Micro$oft decided to clutter up Explorer with the concept of "Libraries". They musta had a lot of software weenies hanging with nothing to do. A library shows up in Explorer and looks pretty much like a file folder. Win 10 comes with four built in libraries, Documents, Videos, Pictures and one other. Although a "Library" looks like a file folder, it is not really a file folder, it's a collection of shortcuts. If there is any use for "libraries" I have yet to discover it.
I was able to clean up my explorer display by going to "View" and then "Navigation Pane" (far left and lower down) Uncheck "Libraries" and bingo, most, maybe all of the duplicate file entries go away. Making it much easier to find files. Since Micro$oft assigns ALL your files to one of the four "libraries" it blesses you with, then ALL your files show up TWICE in Explorer, a PITA.
Now, if I could find a way to make Explorer search the ENTIRE hard drive, I might really have something.
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