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Last answer on Oct 28, 2009 11:56:16 pm GMT raj, on Nov 20, 2008 10:53:37 am GMT 
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Hello,
My PC having four drive & it is not opening with double click & showing open with programm,even same error is showing when opening with explore.OS is XP.

Regards
Rajesh

Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0

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xpcman, on Nov 20, 2008 6:10:18 pm GMT
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Virus trouble

Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk. When you double click on the drives icons or right click on the drive>>explore in My computer ,the drive does not open.

This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.

But don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily.

Fix:

Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.

This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.

Follow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.inf

1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.

2. type cd\

3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

4. type del autorun.inf

5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.

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dicetown, on Jan 12, 2009 8:04:41 pm GMT
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I have a problem typing in your "attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf " command...it isn't recognizing it...how exactly should it look like? am I suppose to out a space betwen the - and r, h, s,? between attrib and -? don't know why it isn't taking it.

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kamlaknth, on Jan 17, 2009 8:37:38 am GMT
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Not getting open any of the hard drives with double click.When double clicked, a pop up message says 'C:\:recycled/boot.com is not a win32 application' or F:\Access is denied. But all can be opened with rightclick & open or explore. What to do?

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Nityanand, on Jan 23, 2009 5:58:30 pm GMT

I Want to reply as soon as possibel

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faisal, on Feb 13, 2009 12:13:07 pm GMT

As above

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vish, on Feb 24, 2009 9:53:18 am GMT
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I m unable to open my drives with double click on it nd its giving the msg open with.....
i tried the autorun delete option also but i typed attrib-r-h-s autorun.inf but it is not reconizing it . heilp me
regards,
vishal

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xpcman, on Feb 24, 2009 9:20:19 pm GMT
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First you type

cmd and enter

Then type

attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf without a space between the minus sign and the following letter but a space before the minus sign - this makes the file visible and allows you to delete it later. If DOS returns "file not found" it means the autorun.inf file is not on that hard disk. then type:

del autorun.inf and enter

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pev, on Apr 14, 2009 8:07:51 pm BST
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Autorun.inf file could not show in d dos,
when i type command attrib -r -h -s,
and this file dont delete why

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gautamchoudhary20, on Jan 13, 2009 11:20:40 am GMT
  • +1

Thanks for this
I have just tried this technique and my problem is solved, i am suffer this problem from last to month
once again thank you very very much

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geeta, on Jan 20, 2009 10:44:14 am GMT
  • +4

Thank you very much. I have used the steps told by you and my problem is solved.

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Batcha, on Feb 23, 2009 6:15:23 am GMT
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Dear Geeta,

Can you please inform to me about the Command of "atrrib -r -h -s autorun.inf"

I am also tried but its appear one error "File not found - autorun.inf"

Can you please reply to me how you done.

Thanks for your advance Help.

Batcha.

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myloverswish, on Jan 21, 2009 4:16:35 am GMT
  • +4

After going through these step problem is solved. but whn i start my computer again then this problem still remains. There was any final solution for this problem.

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xpcman, on Feb 8, 2009 4:56:27 pm GMT
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You need to run a virus scan and remove the cause of the problem. Download Malwarebytes anti-malware program from this site http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_­4-10804572.html


When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Then click Finish. MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program
before performing a scan. If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself.
Press the OK button to close that box and continue.

On the Scanner tab:
Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected. Then click on the Scan button.
The next screen will ask you to select the drives to scan. Leave all the drives selected
and click on the Start Scan button. The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the
top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient. When the scan is finished, a message
box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process. Back at the main Scanner
screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found. Make sure
that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. When removal is completed, a log report
will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to restart your computer. (see Note below) The log
is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
Note:
If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts.
Click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process.
If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediately.
Failure to reboot will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware.

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Rahul, on Jan 29, 2009 2:28:22 am GMT
  • +1

Your super Rockeagle

XPCMAN


YOU Solve my problem lot

Thank you Thank you Very much

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tua, on Jan 29, 2009 3:52:42 pm GMT
  • +1

Great solution......thanx man

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sheen, on Jan 30, 2009 5:05:08 pm GMT
  • +3

What if this problem occurs with a pen drive

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sheen, on Jan 30, 2009 5:13:18 pm GMT
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This is sheen itself sorry for the question i used the same method again i got it

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Jay, on Feb 2, 2009 6:14:58 am GMT
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THis is Really Helpful and it solved my problem. Thanx.

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Nadeem, on Feb 6, 2009 3:57:54 am GMT
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Thanks a Tonne! God bless you my friend!!!

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Shoey, on Feb 8, 2009 12:22:33 pm GMT

I know you posted the cmd commands to over come the autorun.inf issues..but just saying thanks man, was a great help.

cheers!

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tober, on Feb 13, 2009 2:33:12 pm GMT
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Xpcman, thank you so much!!!

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rakesh kanna, on Feb 28, 2009 4:21:14 pm GMT

Hello bro......i have done as u told but i cannot rectify my problem canu give me any other sources please......................

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anuj, on Mar 6, 2009 8:38:34 am GMT

Hello,
My PC having three drive & it is not opening with double click & showing open with programm,even same error is showing when opening with explore.OS is XP. and operating system is installed in E drive. I hav read yur solution which u hav given. but whn i m giving the attrib command thn it shows the file cudnt found. plz tell me the solution ASAP.


Regards
Anuj
Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0

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Mahaveer, on Mar 23, 2009 10:43:28 am GMT

Thank you very much you solved my problem i was suffering from this past from 15Days it worked for me thank you very much

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Ajay Saini, on Apr 20, 2009 10:06:15 pm BST

Thank you very much dear .
My PC is alive just because of brothers like you

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Malai, on Jun 11, 2009 6:30:38 am BST
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My PC having four drive & it is not opening with double click & showing open with programm,even same error is showing when opening with explore.OS is XP.

Regards
Elumalai

Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 8.0


I Have tried this but noting is happen...........

1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.

2. type cd\

3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

4. type del autorun.inf

5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.

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aashsih, on Jun 22, 2009 12:32:46 pm BST

Thank you

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VJ Anand DBA, on Jul 29, 2009 3:28:16 pm BST

Thanks for your valuable input . it helped me to sort out the problem.
Keep posting more tips

thanks
vj

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ivanpopov, on Oct 5, 2009 2:24:21 pm BST

Hey, man, hello. I saw your advice. I want to ask you, what about the information in the broken hard drive. In my way D. Is the information and all files in D will be there after I restart the PC ?

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Lee, on Oct 27, 2009 6:42:06 am GMT

Many thanks for the solution! It helped me a lot!

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 spoky2611, on Oct 28, 2009 11:56:16 pm GMT

Actualy nothing was happening,but........after the restart everything was great, exept some files that i see it for first time, but i think they were a "virus oil"


thank you very much

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shahnawaz, on Jan 12, 2009 2:46:24 pm GMT
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Dear Sir
i tried your solution and it worked and i just want to thank you........
thank you very very much and God Bless U...................................

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dicetown, on Jan 12, 2009 7:35:01 pm GMT

I have a simuliar problem, but can't type the command attrib -r-h-s autorun.inf ..my computer doesn't recogize it, I tried various other ways in format it, no luck. I have windows xop any ideas?

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xpcman, on Jan 13, 2009 5:22:53 pm GMT

First you type cmd and enter

Then type

attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf without a space between the minus sign and the following letter but a space before the minus sign - this makes the file visible and allows you to delete it later. If DOS returns "file not found" it means the autorun.inf file is not on that hard disk.

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Pankaj, on Jan 16, 2009 12:19:59 pm GMT

I can open only c drive & not D,E or F.
Typing attrib -r -h -s shows Access denied. Can u tell me why?

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Frozen, on Jan 21, 2009 5:33:42 pm GMT
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Pankaj -

IF u look at u r command prompt [cmd] , it ll be like C:\ >

It means tat u r in C drive !! u did tat autorun.inf function for tat alone !!

So after finishing for C drive !!

TYPE : [ DRIVE NAME : press enter]

For Example : It it E means !! E: press enter


Now repeat ta steps !!

Your problem Solved !! :)

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M@veriCk, on Jan 27, 2009 4:00:36 pm GMT

Thanx dude....

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Yesh, on Feb 2, 2009 3:09:20 am GMT

Thanx dude........
this trick has solved my problem.

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madhu, on Jan 14, 2009 10:48:53 am GMT
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Hard disk drive is not open

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muke, on Feb 2, 2009 2:43:53 am GMT

Virus trouble

Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk. When you double click on the drives icons or right click on the drive>>explore in My computer ,the drive does not open.

This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.

But don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily.

Fix:

Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.

This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.

Follow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.inf

1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.

2. type cd\

3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

4. type del autorun.inf

5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.

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rgm, on Feb 13, 2009 12:37:10 am GMT

I use win xp pro. I had an autorun virus which blocked opening of the drives. I ran the program flash disinfector and the virus problem was solved. but from my dvd drives, no cd/dvd starts on its own unless click the dvd-drive icon. how can i get back the 'autorun'? i changed shell detection using gpedit.msc, enabled autorun from properties..nothing works. Can anybody help?

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nagraj, on Feb 22, 2009 4:29:50 am GMT

Hai this is nag. iam suffering from this problem since a month. n finally solved my problem. thanx a lot yar.

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kigwi, on Jan 16, 2009 2:29:41 pm GMT
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Thanks it worked for me! ^^

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sathi, on Jan 22, 2009 5:17:46 am GMT
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Hi,
Super. nice trick. thank you

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zaq, on Jan 23, 2009 10:15:50 pm GMT
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Hi buddy thanx very-very -very much its working 100% without any problem. it save my importnat data to open
thanx once again itz a very good fix. awesome.thanx

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Syther, on Jan 26, 2009 2:27:45 pm GMT

Sir ur a genius thanks

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DCS Works, on Jan 29, 2009 4:08:01 am GMT

Thanks allot

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DaveBurn, on Jan 30, 2009 8:56:20 pm GMT

Thanks for the info and solution that you have shared...
keep it up, more power and knowledge...

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amit, on Jan 31, 2009 1:01:45 pm GMT

Hello,
My PC having four drive & it is not opening with double click & showing open with programm,even same error is showing when opening with explore.OS is XP.

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ram, on Jan 31, 2009 3:08:29 pm GMT

My computer installed in scsi HDD, But not Data not Show in Local Computer and Show In Network , What to do?

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shariqDON, on Feb 1, 2009 8:07:03 am GMT
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Very simple . virus create some bad registry if you want to solve this problem then delet this registry


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion­\Explorer\MountPoints2


delete all drive from here

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jojo, on Jun 10, 2009 6:27:56 pm BST

Hey dude,
we dont have to delete the drives here but delete the mountpoints2 itself, then only it will work.

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rizwan, on Feb 5, 2009 3:38:32 am GMT

Thank you so much for guide me

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ram, on Feb 6, 2009 1:57:58 pm GMT

Sir

i have use windows xp,rename " start "brower button.how ?

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amit, on Feb 7, 2009 9:15:34 am GMT
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Start->Run->cmd not working

plz solve my problem

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Mukesh, on Feb 12, 2009 4:54:08 am GMT

All drives are not open by double click in Windows Xp, All drives are open by 'open With' menu

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Frozen, on Feb 7, 2009 10:30:50 am GMT

Hi Ram ,

Its a big process to xplain ...
btr i ll give u link , wer it has been xplaind in detail with pic's ...........

hope it ll help u !! :)

http://www.wintipz.com/XP/ChangeXPStartButtonText.htm

Take Care :)

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Raj, on Feb 9, 2009 5:44:30 am GMT
  • +2

PROBLEM SOLVED BY THIS SIMPLE SOFTWARE CALLED FIXDRIVE.
DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE:

http://www.winhelponline.com/...

ENJOY ALL U GUYS.

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JAMAICAN, on Mar 3, 2009 2:55:18 pm GMT
  • +1

Thanks alot Pal from all the way in Jamaica! Jah Guide...

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Nanda, on Mar 5, 2009 12:44:34 am GMT

I tried attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf at the cmd prompt and then ran del autorun.inf. I have 4 drives and for 1 drive only del worked, for the rest there was no such file. On restarting the system I could not yet open the folders on all the drives. Then I did the download based on based on what Raj said from http://www.winhelponline.com/... Currently the folders are showing up. Thankyou all for all the help.
Which is a good antivirus software (free)? I have AVG currently installed.
Thanks

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prak, on Aug 14, 2009 4:12:33 pm BST

I am even not able to open the command prompt neither any files.what should i do??

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