[FIX] The Operation Failed To Complete Because The Disk Management Console View Is Not Up-To-Date

Windows operating systems comes with Disk Management snap-in loaded which you can use to create volumes, initialize disks, assign letters to disk volumes etc. If you came across ‘The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date’ error on Windows 11/10, this article will help you to fix it.

Recently, we came around following error while assigning letter to disk volume in the Disk Management snap-in:

As per the above error message, we refreshed the view and even restarted Disk Management snap-in but there was no change in the situation. If you’re also facing this issue, you can alternatively assign the letter to disk volume using diskpart, the command line-tool equivalent of Disk Management snap-in. This approach is mentioned in FIX 1 below. Or if you still want to go ahead with Disk Management, try FIX 2 mentioned below and fix this issue.

FIX: The Operation Failed To Complete Because The Disk Management Console View Is Not Up-To-Date in Windows 11/10

Fix 1: Via Command Prompt

1. Open administrative Command Prompt.

2. In the administrative Command Prompt window, type commands mentioned in bold and press Enter key:

diskpart                            Opens command-line Disk Management (DiskPart)

list volume                                Lists all volumes available

select volume #                       Replace # with volume number you want to assign letter

assign letter #                   Replace # with the alphabetical letter you want to assign

exit                                     Exit from DiskPart tool

3. Close Command Prompt.

Fix 2: Via Device Manager

1. Press  + R and type devmgmt.msc in the Run, hit Enter key to open Device Manager snap-in.

2. In the Device Manager window, expand Disk drives or Storage volumes. Right click on the disk volume with which you’re facing this issue and select Uninstall.

3. In the confirmation prompt, click Uninstall button.

4. Finally, click Action > Scan for hardware changes. This should reinstall the storage volume and consequently fix the issue.

You can now go to Disk Management and check if you can assign the letter to disk volume. You’ll realize that the issue is resolved.

Hope this helps!

Originally published on April 6, 2019.