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How to Remove / Delete Shortcuts

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A USB flash drive can become corrupted by a virus in the same manner as any

computer or wireless device. When a USB drive becomes infected, it will display

shortcut folders, which can be removed without harming any of your personal data or

requiring you to format the USB drive. The shortcut virus can be deleted from your USB

drive using Command Prompt on your Windows computer.

Steps

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Insert the infected USB flash drive into your Windows computer.

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2Wait for your computer to recognize and read the USB drive.

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4Take note of the drive letter displayed next to your USB drive.

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5Press the Windows and R keys at the same time.This keystroke combination

will open the Run window.

Alternately, you can click on Start and select Run.

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6Type cmd into the Run window and either select OK or press Enter. The

Command Prompt application will display on-screen.

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7Type the following command into Command Prompt:attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.* The

last letter in this command must be the same drive letter as your USB drive. For

example, if the drive letter of your USB drive is E, then replace the letter g in the

command with e, to result in: attrib -h -r -s /s /d e:\*.*

Make sure that spaces exist between each element in this code, as

displayed above in the example.

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8Press Enter on your keyboard to execute the command.This command will

restore all the files and folders on your USB drive while also removing the shortcut virus.

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9Reopen the Computer or My Computer window.

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10Click on your USB drive.You will now have access to your personal files and folders

and shortcuts will no longer display on your USB drive.[1]

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