How to Remove Shortcut Virus From Pendrive / USB Drive.

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sachin_33

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If your USB drive doesn’t have important files you can try to Format it, but if it contains important files then you are not going to format it, to Remove Shortcut Virus follow the Steps Below.

Step 1. Go to Start and Search for cmd, as it appears in start menu Right Click on it and Click “Run as Administrator“

Step 2. Navigate to Flash Drive by typing its letter. [ Let’s Say it is i ], to find your USB drive letter open “My Computer” and check for letter, type i: and hit enter.

Step 3. Type ” del *.lnk ” (without quote) in cmd window and Hit Enter on your Keyboard.

Step 4. Now type ” attrib -s -r -h *.* /s /d /l ” ( without quote ) and hit Enter .

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It will take few seconds to recover all your files, Now open your Flash Drive you will get Back all of your files.