Cannot open drives with double click

About: There are times that exploring a drive on computer is disabled using double-click. Most often in this situation, virus has placed an autorun.inf file on affected drive to block you access.

Virus infection or mouse problems may be the culprit if drive on a computer is inaccessible by double-click. Computer Worms usually block access to these drives by executing a script which is already embedded and was triggered by a double-click.  This action also spreads the worm to other drives it founds connected on the compromised computer.

Cannot Open Drives

How to fix Unable to open drives with double click:

Follow these simple steps to re-enable and use “double-click” in accessing your drives.

1. Go to Start >Run and type cmd and press Enter. It will open a DOS command prompt window.

2. At the command prompt, Type cd\

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

4. Type del autorun.inf

5. Repeat the process on other drive by typing d: , to go to desired drive

6. Restart your computer and see if it fixed the problem.

7. If not, you can run a utility called Autorun Eater or Flash Disinfector

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