Window XP: Cannot open “C”, “D” and Removable drive.
Posted by Saket Kumar on August 19, 2008
Issue:
Cannot open “C”, “D” and Removable drive.
DBLCLK clicking on “C”, “D” or any drives after opening “My Computer”. Not opening drives.
Clicking on “C”, “D” or any drives on left pane of “Explorer” will not display the corrosponding files and folders in the right pane.
Solution:
Step 1:
Go to any folder.
Go to “Tools–> Folder Options”. It will Open “Folder Options” dialoag box.
Step 2:
Go to “View” tab
select “Show hidden files and folders”.
uncheck “Hide protected Operating system files”.
Click “OK”.
Step 3:
Open your drives (By right click and select Explore. Don’t double click!)
Delete “autorun.inf” and “MS32DLL.dll.vbs” or “MS32DLL.dll” (use Shift+Delete as it deletes files
forever.) in all drives include Removable Drive.
Step 4:
Open folder “C:\WINDOWS”. or else goto Start->Run and type “C:\WINDOWS” and click on “OK”.
If the files or folder are not displaying then Click on “Show the contents of this folder ” in the right
pane, it will show you the files and folder. THEN
Find “MS32DLL.dll.vbs or MS32DLL.dll” and Delete it. (Use Shift+Delete)
Step 5:
Go to “Start–>Run” and type “regedit“. Click on “OK“. This will open Registry editor
Navigate in the left pane as follows:
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE–>Software–>Microsoft–>Windows–>Current Version– >Run”.
If the entry MS32DLL is present then Delete the entry MS32DLL (Use Delete key on keyboard)
else leave it as it is.
Go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER–>Software–>Microsoft–>Internet Explorer–>Main”.
If the entry Window Title “Hacked by Godzilla” is present then Delete the entry Window
Title ”Hacked by Godzilla”. else leave it as it is.
Close “Registry Window”.
Step 6:
Go to “Start->Run” type “gpedit.msc” and press “OK“.
In “Group Police” window
go to “User Configuration->Administrative Templates->System”.
Double Click on entry ”Turn Off Autoplay” it will display following Properties
o Select “Enabled “
o Select “All drives”
o Click OK
Step 7:
Go to “Start->Run” type “msconfig” and click on “OK“.
System Configuration utility dialogue will open.
Go to “Startup” tab, uncheck “MS32DLL” Click “OK“.
When the system configuration utility asks for restart , click on “Exit without restart”.
Step 8:
Go to “Tools–>Folder Options“.
Select “Do not show Hidden files” and
Check “Hide operating system Files”.
Step 9:
Go to your recyclable bin and empty it to prevent any possiblity of MS322DLL.dll.vbs lying there.
Step 10:
Restart your PC once and you can now open your hard disk drives by double clicking on them.
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