{"id":80107,"date":"2026-01-07T21:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=80107"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:34:03","slug":"drive-properties-are-not-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/drive-properties-are-not-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive Properties Error &#8220;The Properties for This Item Are Not Available\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click on a drive letter in This PC and click Properties, the properties dialog may not open, and the following error may appear:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">The Properties for This Item Are Not Available.<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drive_properties_error.png\" alt=\"drive properties page not available\" width=\"559\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>The error &#8220;The Properties for This Item Are Not Available&#8221; occurs if the following registry key is missing or damaged:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"registry\">HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>To resolve the error, download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drive_properties_fix.zip\">drive_properties_fix.reg<\/a> (zipped), unzip the archive and run the enclosed registry fix. Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>REG file contents<\/h4>\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n;Drive properties fix for Windows 10 and 11.\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers]\r\n@=\"{5F5295E0-429F-1069-A2E2-08002B30309D}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\Sharing]\r\n@=\"{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{1f2e5c40-9550-11ce-99d2-00aa006e086c}]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{4a7ded0a-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{55B3A0BD-4D28-42fe-8CFB-FA3EDFF969B8}]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{5F5295E0-429F-1069-A2E2-08002B30309D}]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{7988B573-EC89-11cf-9C00-00AA00A14F56}]\r\n@=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{ECCDF543-45CC-11CE-B9BF-0080C87CDBA6}]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{ef43ecfe-2ab9-4632-bf21-58909dd177f0}]\r\n@=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\shellex\\PropertySheetHandlers\\{fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}]\r\n@=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Drive\\tabsets]\r\n\"location\"=dword:00000703\r\n\"selection\"=dword:00000703\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>The fix applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11 (including 25H2) systems.<\/p>\n<p>No reboot should be necessary after running the fix. If you get the following error, you may ignore it because some of the above keys may already exist.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Cannot import drive_properties_fix.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes, or you have insufficient privileges to perform this operation.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If the issue is unresolved, please launch regedit.exe under the TrustedInstaller privileges and import the registry file manually via the File menu. For more information, please see the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-program-as-trustedinstaller-locked-registry-keys-files\/\">How to Run Programs as TrustedInstaller to Write to Certain Registry Keys or Files<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That should resolve the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click on a drive letter in This PC and click Properties, the properties dialog may not open, and the following error may appear: The Properties for This Item Are Not Available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-80107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75909,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-restore-previous-versions-menu\/","url_meta":{"origin":80107,"position":0},"title":"How to Remove &#8220;Restore Previous Versions&#8221; from Context Menu and Properties","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The previous versions feature in Windows allows you to restore a previous version of files. 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