How to Fix Pen Drive Shortcut Problem!

How to Fix Pen Drive Shortcut Problem!

Fix Pen Drive Shortcut Problem

USB Shortcut problem is now becoming more & more common. Due to fault reasons, this problem automatically starts appearing in a Pen Drive. In this, after entering the USB Drive, a shortcut get appearing in place of the content files of the pen drive, to access the original data you have to further click the shortcut.

We can easily solve this using either by a software or using Command Prompt. I will discuss both the methods here:

Method 1. Using a Software

USB Fix is a great software to fix shortcut and other virus related problems in USB Drives. UsbFix is a free malware removal tool that helps you to detect and remove infected USB memory sticks or any other USB removable devices, such as external HDD’s, smartphones, digital cameras or other peripherals that connects to your computer or laptop via the USB port.
Key Features

• Support offered directly from the software interface. You are able to post your issues on UsbFix’s forum.
• UsbFix can detect and remove infections found on your removable devices.
• UsbFix repairs the damaged files to your PC, such as: registry, hidden files, task manager etc.
• Back-up support: UsbFix will backup your files and folders.
• Vaccination option: UsbFix prevents future infections by creating new autorun.inf files on removable drives.

Instructions

1. Download USB fix and install it. (If your antivirus showing virus in this software then disable it for a few minutes)
2. Close all the programs from taskbar, you are running, because when it start it auto close your all programs and you may lose your data.
3. Connect all of your external storages to computer > Choose clean
4. It automatically cleans your shortcut virus problems from all USB storages and don’t forget to restart your computer after using this tool because it make changes in windows directory and until you restart your computer, your computer will not work properly.

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Method 2.  Using Command Prompt (cmd) 

1. Press the Windows button and then in the run or search type “cmd”  and press enter. (To be simple “Start”  -> Run -> type cmd and click on OK.)
2. Here I’ll assume your pen drive letter as K, and now enter the following command in the command prompt window. attrib -h -r -s /s /d k:\*.* (See the below screenshot. There should be a backslash after k in the above command. So please see the command in the below screenshot).
3. You can just copy the above command  and paste it in the command prompt. To do that right-click in the Command Prompt and select paste because keyboard shortcuts won’t work and now press enter.
4. Now check for your files in Pen Drive and I’m sure that they were all normal as before.

Screenshot

Note

Don’t forget to replace the letter k with your pen drive letter.

Tips For avoiding Shortcut Virus

• Don’t open USB before scanning
• Don’t connect your storage's to those computers who don’t have Antivirus Program
• Avoid third party software’s
• Keep up to date your antivirus program
• Run boot time scans once in 2-3 weeks
• Don’t open harmed websites

Download Links

UsbFix 8.156 (3.1 MB)

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Hide Any File In An Image File...

How To Hide Any File In An Image File:

Dear blog readers, I am back with another great Windows Trick that you might not know untill now, Today we will discuss How To Hide Any Ffile In An Image File.  If you wish to send some file secretly to your friend and don't want others to peep in or if you want to hide files in an image

Ok But how are we gonna do? This Technique of Hiding files inside another file or an image is
known as Steganography, so lets see how it is done step by step. Before we move further with the steps.There are something that we need inorder to perform this trick. We will need WinRar Installed on your PC. So if you already have WinRar archiver in your pc, which most of us do have, you can proceed with below steps

Step 1 : Create a folder with files that you would like to Hide in an Image file, Lets say the folder
name is "Files" . Now Right Click on the folder and select add to archive. Select RAR as Archive format and Click OK
.
Step 2 : You will now see a rar file with name "files", Now take any image with name
"image.jpg " in which you wish to hide the files. Copy both Files.rar and image.jpg and paste them in " C" or "D" Drive or any local disk.

Step 3 : Next Open CMD (windows+R and type CMD and press enter) or Search for CMD and open it. If you files are in "D" drive then Type D: and press Enter. Now Type this Code "copy / b image.jpg + files.rar new.jpg" and press Enter. Now it shows "1 file<s> copied"
Step 4 : If you have done everything right till now, then you will see something Similar like
above Picture. I had the file in E: so i initially typed E: to change the location to E drive.

Step 5 : Now Navigate to the location where you saved the file and you will see one for file added
with name New.jpg. Ok so now we have a new image file . When you apen it only the image opens

Now If you want to take these files out from that image, you just open winrar and just open the file in it so the you can see the files or you just right click on new.jpg and select openwith WinRAR archive.
Now you can see all Hidden Files.

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