Removing autorun.inf folder from your Pendrive
So I found out that I had this autorun.inf folder in my Pendrive, which occasionally caused problems on my colleagues' PCs (it's created by viruses / virii - SO KEEP YOUR ANTI-VIRUS UP TO DATE!).
Being a PC geek, I had to do something about it. So I Googled around and found the following steps:
- Start -> Run
- "cmd"
- In the Command Prompt window: "F:" (assuming "F" is your Pendrive... drive)
- "attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf"
- "ren \\.\f:\autorun.inf\con. dummy"
- "ren \\.\f:\autorun.inf\nul.protected dummy1"
- rd autorun.inf /s /q
That'll do it. You'll have to type stuff into the Command Prompt exactly as quoted above, otherwise it'll give you an error. Here's a screenshot of me puttering about:
(you weren't expecting a picture of me typing into the keyboard, were you?!?)
If you're not comfortable with using the Command Prompt, here's what you do:
- Copy all the important files off your PenDrive
- Format it
- Copy the files back in
- Update your damn anti-virus
Wahey.
Labels: computing
4 Comments:
Damn worked!!
IT worked! awsomely simple! thanks!
REALY THANK YOU BRO !
that virus. SUCKS me! thanks a lot :D
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