New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks But the Windows NT-era disk formatting UI hasn't been fixed yet.

Before you begin, be sure to back up important files on the disk before you format. Use Disk Management To partition and format your drive, you can use Windows’ built-in tool called Disk Management.

I realize the term "low level format" might not apply to NVME storage, but here's the situation... I've managed to recover everything I want from a stick with a corrupted filesystem. Now I'm ready ...