How to delete Autorun.inf file

In this video we will try to fix a very common Windows Issue i.e How to delete Autorun.inf file.
The autorun.inf is not a virus file but it a text file which gives the removable drive AutoPlay and AutoRun functions that gets appear as soon as you insert a device.
In order for these functions to perform perfectly, the autorun.inf file must be located in the root directory of the volume.
In order to actually see the autorun.inf file you have to check mark the option “Show hidden files and folders” in Folder Options. AutoRun basically automatically launch a program associated with the removable drive which could guide the user through the installation process or any other process.

The Autorun.inf was abused by hacker community and is still used to execute malicious program automatically on the user machine without letting the user know about it.
If you try to delete the autorun.inf and you receive the “Acces denied” or “You need permission to perform this action” error message then there are two possibilities: One the file is infected by virus & the virus has locked the file so that you can’t delete or modify the file in any way, other is that the antivirus has locked the file so that any virus or malware can’t infect the file.

It doesn’t really matter which of the above case you have if you want to delete the corrupted autorun.inf file then there are various possible methods available and the next time you plug in your device the autorun.inf file will be automatically created.

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Type the following command in the cmd and hit Enter:
Note: Just replace the drive letter G: with your own.
takeown /f G:\autorun.inf

Type the following command in the cmd and hit Enter:
cd G:
attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

Run this command in cmd: takeown /f G:\autorun.inf

Then open cmd and type the following command:
cd G:
attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

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