All of a sudden Windows will not open my Local Disk :C. It comes up with the
"Start In" doc where I must browse to explorer. I can not set it to start
like that every time. Must follow the full process each time.

Can anybody help.

Theuns wrote:

> All of a sudden Windows will not open my Local Disk :C. It comes up with the
> "Start In" doc where I must browse to explorer. I can not set it to start
> like that every time. Must follow the full process each time.

Delete all autorun.inf files on root folders. That file may be hidden.
Look for malware and viruses on your system.

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Regards
Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk

I have removed autorun.inf..........but no change
I have run a couple of virus, spyware scanners, and still no change. I must
say that I have absolutely no problem opening my Drive D, or E or removable
drive. They open fine. It is just LOCAL DRIVE C:


"Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk" <blackfox@x-privat.org> wrote in message
news:47D3F8DA.1090005@blackfox.org...
> Theuns wrote:
>
>> All of a sudden Windows will not open my Local Disk :C. It comes up with
>> the
>> "Start In" doc where I must browse to explorer. I can not set it to start
>> like that every time. Must follow the full process each time.
>
> Delete all autorun.inf files on root folders. That file may be hidden.
> Look for malware and viruses on your system.
>
> --
> Regards
> Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk
>

Theuns wrote:

> I have removed autorun.inf..........but no change
> I have run a couple of virus, spyware scanners, and still no change. I must
> say that I have absolutely no problem opening my Drive D, or E or removable
> drive. They open fine. It is just LOCAL DRIVE C:

In most cases autorun.inf points to main malware file. After deleting
autorun.inf it's necessary to reboot system or at least restart explorer
process using task manager.

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Regards
Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk

Deleted and Restarted, still the same. Is there a manual command that will
set it to use explorer to open?


> In most cases autorun.inf points to main malware file. After deleting
> autorun.inf it's necessary to reboot system or at least restart explorer
> process using task manager.
>
> --
> Regards
> Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk

Theuns wrote:

> Deleted and Restarted, still the same. Is there a manual command that will
> set it to use explorer to open?

IMVHO there must be some malware installed and still functional. What's
the default command when you click right mouse button on the drive icon?

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Regards
Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk

Thanks Black Fox

> IMVHO there must be some malware installed and still functional. What's
> the default command when you click right mouse button on the drive icon?

I tried 5 different virus/spyware scanners and nothing was detected, till I
used NOD32, which found AVPO.exe or Win32/Pacex.gen virus. Google show that
it will cause exactly the symptoms that I had.

Surprising though that 5 scanners showed nothing including Spyware Doctor
from PCTools.

Thanks for the help.