need help on window explorer

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icethrone

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i don't know what is goin wrong on my window explorer, when i try to accces to the d and e drive by double click on it,it pompt out this error message.
do anyone know what happend and any way to solve it?

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Will it work if you right-click and select "explore"?

What word is in bold when you right-click on it?

Can you right-click, then select to open and if asked with what application, then from the choice of applications to use, find windows explorer and select to "always use this application" to open it?
 
PC Hobbyist said:
Will it work if you right-click and select "explore"?

What word is in bold when you right-click on it?

Can you right-click, then select to open and if asked with what application, then from the choice of applications to use, find windows explorer and select to "always use this application" to open it?
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yup, i would be able to open it with right click the 'explore'.
and it is open(O) when i right-click on it.
but once i click on open it straight away pompt out that message without let me choose the choice of applications to use.
 
It may be unmounted, it can happen. I don't know how to mount it on windows, but on linux it's very easy: just some code in the console.

Or windows may try to open it with the wrong application. Same happens with the other drives or just d:?
You can try opening the Folders panel in the left side, and selecting D: there.
 
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It may be unmounted, it can happen. I don't know how to mount it on windows, but on linux it's very easy: just some code in the console.
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In windows, you don't "mount" drives like you do in Linux. If it appears in My Computer, there's some other problems...

Usually, something like this is caused by a virus/other malware. There probably is a hidden/system file called "autorun.inf" on the flash drive that points to a non-existing file/executable. Delete the file "autorun.inf" from the flash drive (you may have to enable showing hidden/system files in folder options), no matter what it says (it may be incorrectly attributed as a system file or something like that, if it's doings of a virus or something). Also, I would scan the drive just to make sure it's clean.
 
I had a similar issue a few years back (in XP) and it was due to a registry setting getting messed up. I was able to fix it with a quick registry fix. I'll look into it and post back to see if it helps in Vista. I just can't remember off the top of my head.

One more question - how is this drive connected to your PC? Is it an internal drive? SATA? IDE? Or is it an external USB drive? I get the impression it is internal by looking at the picture you posted.

P.S. Hackapelite's suggestions with the autorun.inf file could very well do the trick.
 
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chibicitiberiu said:
It may be unmounted, it can happen. I don't know how to mount it on windows, but on linux it's very easy: just some code in the console.

Or windows may try to open it with the wrong application. Same happens with the other drives or just d:?
You can try opening the Folders panel in the left side, and selecting D: there.
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this problems is happened to my d: and e: drive.
c: is safe.
that is 1 of way enter my d: drive,but i hope to solve this problems.:rolleyes:
 
hackapelite said:
In windows, you don't "mount" drives like you do in Linux. If it appears in My Computer, there's some other problems...

Usually, something like this is caused by a virus/other malware. There probably is a hidden/system file called "autorun.inf" on the flash drive that points to a non-existing file/executable. Delete the file "autorun.inf" from the flash drive (you may have to enable showing hidden/system files in folder options), no matter what it says (it may be incorrectly attributed as a system file or something like that, if it's doings of a virus or something). Also, I would scan the drive just to make sure it's clean.
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may i know where will be the "autorun.inf" probably located?
cuz i'm not able to find it up.
that is my another partition of my hard disc.
i'm fed up with this problems.:(
 
PC Hobbyist said:
I had a similar issue a few years back (in XP) and it was due to a registry setting getting messed up. I was able to fix it with a quick registry fix. I'll look into it and post back to see if it helps in Vista. I just can't remember off the top of my head.

One more question - how is this drive connected to your PC? Is it an internal drive? SATA? IDE? Or is it an external USB drive? I get the impression it is internal by looking at the picture you posted.

P.S. Hackapelite's suggestions with the autorun.inf file could very well do the trick.
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i'm kinda noob on pc things, how can i fix it with the registry fix you meant on top?:)
it is a internal drive, just one of the partiton.
is sata drive.
 
The autorun.inf file is on the root drive, so the OS reads it.
Did you tried accessing it pressing the Plus sign in explorer with the folders panel turned on?
Here is an image of how the folders panel looks like (it's an older version of windows, but it's still the same). You need to click on the plus sign inside the panel near the drive.
exploring.gif

Pressing Win key (it's usually between CTRL and ALT) + E will launch explorer with the panel turned on.
 
Okay, let's deal with your autorun.inf file first to see if that fixes your problem. If not, I'll look into the registry fix.

Since you can't find the file to delete, we'll use the command prompt to delete it. Open the command prompt by pressing the windows key and the letter R at the same time, and then by typing cmd.exe and pressing enter.

Once the command prompt is open, type the following exactly as it appears including the spaces. You'll have to type it because you can't copy and paste things into the command prompt. Keep in mind that the red X should be replaced with your drive letter. So you'll have to do it once for the D drive and once for the E drive.

attrib -s -r -h X:\autorun.inf

press enter and then type

del X:\autorun.inf

press enter

Repeat that for any other drives that are causing you problems and then reboot your computer. If in the future you do this for a drive that is connected via USB, then disconnect it after following these steps.

Did that fix it?
 
chibicitiberiu said:
The autorun.inf file is on the root drive, so the OS reads it.
Did you tried accessing it pressing the Plus sign in explorer with the folders panel turned on?
Here is an image of how the folders panel looks like (it's an older version of windows, but it's still the same). You need to click on the plus sign inside the panel near the drive.
exploring.gif

Pressing Win key (it's usually between CTRL and ALT) + E will launch explorer with the panel turned on.
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i tried to do what you said,but where is the root drive?
this is what i get after i pressing the plus sign.


 
PC Hobbyist said:
Okay, let's deal with your autorun.inf file first to see if that fixes your problem. If not, I'll look into the registry fix.

Since you can't find the file to delete, we'll use the command prompt to delete it. Open the command prompt by pressing the windows key and the letter R at the same time, and then by typing cmd.exe and pressing enter.

Once the command prompt is open, type the following exactly as it appears including the spaces. You'll have to type it because you can't copy and paste things into the command prompt. Keep in mind that the red X should be replaced with your drive letter. So you'll have to do it once for the D drive and once for the E drive.

attrib -s -r -h X:\autorun.inf

press enter and then type

del X:\autorun.inf

press enter

Repeat that for any other drives that are causing you problems and then reboot your computer. If in the future you do this for a drive that is connected via USB, then disconnect it after following these steps.

Did that fix it?
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erhhhh...
am i doin anythings wrong on typin or what?
cuz it said file not found.:confused:


 
icethrone said:
erhhhh...
am i doin anythings wrong on typin or what?
cuz it said file not found.:confused:
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Try the steps again, but this time instead of autorun.inf type autorun.*
And before starting do this:
1. open your Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and in the "Processes" tab, see if there is a file wscript.exe running. If so, end it by selecting it and clicking End Process. It helps if you click where it says "Image Name" to sort out the processes alphabetically.
2. In that same tab, find "explorer.exe" and end it also.
3. Now in the Task Manager go to File - New Task and type cmd then press enter.

The command prompt should now be open. Try those other steps again like I said, but using autorun.* instead. Once you are done, then back in the Task Manager (which should still be open) go to the Shutdown menu and select restart.

If that doesn't work, you might have to delete some registry keys. Unfortunately I am not too familiar with Vista's registry in terms of where it varies from XP.
Were you recently infected with a virus, worm or trojan? There are some out there that mess with your autorun.inf or autorun.vbs or .bat files and even after your antivirus program catches them and gets rid of them, the left-over changes might still cause problems.
 
PC Hobbyist said:
Try the steps again, but this time instead of autorun.inf type autorun.*
And before starting do this:
1. open your Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and in the "Processes" tab, see if there is a file wscript.exe running. If so, end it by selecting it and clicking End Process. It helps if you click where it says "Image Name" to sort out the processes alphabetically.
2. In that same tab, find "explorer.exe" and end it also.
3. Now in the Task Manager go to File - New Task and type cmd then press enter.

The command prompt should now be open. Try those other steps again like I said, but using autorun.* instead. Once you are done, then back in the Task Manager (which should still be open) go to the Shutdown menu and select restart.

If that doesn't work, you might have to delete some registry keys. Unfortunately I am not too familiar with Vista's registry in terms of where it varies from XP.
Were you recently infected with a virus, worm or trojan? There are some out there that mess with your autorun.inf or autorun.vbs or .bat files and even after your antivirus program catches them and gets rid of them, the left-over changes might still cause problems.
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aiksss....
i tried again
is not work.:(
i'm infected by something before.i think i better format my pc.:(
 
sometime when you double click S or D:\ drive, its cannot open because of the worm. same as their mention above. May be your worm is cure by antivirus. but still contain autorun.inf in it. so delete it, u computer will return to normal.
 
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