When all files and folders in a pen drive turn into shortcut files or appear missing, it indicates that the pen drive is affected by a shortcut virus

Follow the below steps to clear the Shortcut Virus

1. Open Command Prompt

2. Go to the Pendrive colon (Ex: F: or G:)

3. Type the following commands

• F:

(Verify your drive colon)

• del *.lnk

(Delete the link files)

• attrib -h -r -s /s /d F:\*.*

(Each single space and replace F with your Pendrive Colon)

Explanation

• -h : Removes the hidden files & folders
• -r : Removes the read-only status of files & folders
• -s : Removes the system file status of files & folders
• /s : The command again and again apply to all the files & folders in current directory as well as device
• /d : Makes the command apply to all folders
• *.* : All files name and folder name should be considered a match
• After executing this command shortcut virus will be removed

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