Tracking down strange behavior...
Sep. 7th, 2008 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpClicking on my Traveldrive icon after inserting it in a USB port would get me an "Application not found" error message, though I could get at the contents of the device in other ways.
Logic dictated that something was trying run, but the operating system couldn't find it. A virus scan gave the device a clean bill of health, which was a good start. Then, after doing some Googling, I scanned the device for an autorun.inf file, but there wasn't any such file in evidence, nor was there after I enabled viewing hidden files.
In the end, it turned out that I had neglected to uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)." When I did that, an autorun.inf file suddenly appeared, wanting to run something that's not on my system (I hope). The file is deleted, and the device now works the way it used to.
I wonder, to whom did I lend my Traveldrive on August 15?
Cheers...
Logic dictated that something was trying run, but the operating system couldn't find it. A virus scan gave the device a clean bill of health, which was a good start. Then, after doing some Googling, I scanned the device for an autorun.inf file, but there wasn't any such file in evidence, nor was there after I enabled viewing hidden files.
In the end, it turned out that I had neglected to uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)." When I did that, an autorun.inf file suddenly appeared, wanting to run something that's not on my system (I hope). The file is deleted, and the device now works the way it used to.
I wonder, to whom did I lend my Traveldrive on August 15?
Cheers...
