

Its quite horrible for me all files turned into shortcut.

That time it worked fine and now when I attached same pen drive to my laptop. Issues: – Files and Folders Turned into Shortcutįive days ago I transferred my personal images and documents from my computer to the USB drive. So, let’s explain the optimal solution, which will work on Windows 10, 8, 7 and below versions. Along with this how to convert shortcut files into original files. Now looking for the solution how to remove shortcut virus from Windows 10. Follow Melanie on Twitter at For the latest IT news, analysis and how-tos, follow ITworld on Twitter and Facebook.Trapped in the hazardous situation all files and folders turned into shortcut. Read more of Melanie Pinola’s Tech IT Out blog and follow the latest IT news at ITworld. See Into Windows' post for the full screenshot tutorial. Voila! Now you'll be able to jump to that drive with your chosen shortcut instead of mousing around aimlessly in Windows Explorer.

Then in the Disk Management window, right-click on your USB drive and choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths" to assign the drive a letter (such as "U").įinally, you'll create a new keyboard shortcut to that drive letter in Windows Explorer: Right-click on the drive, go to Properties, and customize the shortcut key. First you'll assign a unique drive letter to that disk in Windows Disk Management: Hit Win+R and type Diskmgmt.msc in the Run dialog. Into Windows has the in-depth instructions for creating a keyboard shortcut to your USB drive. If you want to get to your files and folders on those drives faster, set up a keyboard shortcut. Many of us use external USB-connected drives on a regular basis.
