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Offline Sass Drake

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2017, 11:31:24 AM »
Sorry, I've made a mistake. Here we go again.

We will have to see file and folder structure of that drive. Running this will make list all of files and folders you have on that drive. Please analyze generated list before attaching just to be sure your privacy will not be violated.


  • Open Notepad (click Start button -> type notepad.exe -> press Enter)
  • Copy text from code block below and paste it into Notepad
Code: [Select]
cmd: dir /S H:
  • Go to File -> Save As
  • Make sure that  UTF-8 is selected as Encoding (left side of Save button)
  • Save it as fixlist.txt on Desktop
  • Open again FRST and click on button Fix
  • Wait until FRST finishes
  • fixlog.txt should be genereted and opened. Attach it your post and wait further instructions.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2017, 11:54:02 AM »
I cant seem to find the messages I've sent to. I have been looking at my https://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=pm;f=sent but it says 'no messages...'.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2017, 12:05:47 PM »
profile > show posts

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2017, 12:12:38 PM »
I've sent a private/personal message to Pondus and Sass Drake. But i cant still find it in profile > show posts. Its about the files and how it may affect me if I post it here.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2017, 01:35:00 PM »
You can see all your posts in the place I told you.
For messages sent/received, click on "my messages".

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2017, 01:44:48 PM »
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I've sent a private/personal message to Pondus and Sass Drake. But i cant still find it in profile > show posts. Its about the files and how it may affect me if I post it here.
I have not recived any PM from you?
Anyway Sass Drake is the one that analyze logs, not me

You can not see sendt PMs unless you check the box "Save a copy in my outbox"
You will then find them at  My Messages > Messages > Sendt Items


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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2017, 03:39:43 PM »
Did you received my message drake? I have already sent you the fixlog.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2017, 08:05:07 PM »
For now let's do this:

  • Open Notepad (click Start button -> type notepad.exe -> press Enter)
  • Copy text from code block below and paste it into Notepad
Code: [Select]
Zip: H:\Drive.bat;H:\Battlefield.lnk;H:\Grand Theft Auto.lnk;H:\Movies.lnk;H:\Saints Row.lnk
  • Go to File -> Save As
  • Make sure that  UTF-8 is selected as Encoding (left side of Save button)
  • Save it as fixlist.txt on Desktop
  • Open again FRST and click on button Fix
  • Wait until FRST finishes
  • fixlog.txt should be genereted and opened. Attach it your post and wait further instructions.


Zip file will appear on your Desktop. Pleaseuplaod it on , for  example, Google Drive, Onedrive, Dropbox, etc an d post link to it.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #23 on: September 13, 2017, 05:47:47 AM »

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #24 on: September 13, 2017, 09:42:24 AM »
  • Open Notepad (click Start button -> type notepad.exe -> press Enter)
  • Copy text from code block below and paste it into Notepad
Code: [Select]
H:\Drive.bat
H:\Battlefield.lnk
H:\Grand Theft Auto.lnk
H:\Movies.lnk
H:\Saints Row.lnk
cmd: attrib -H -S "H:\Drive"
  • Go to File -> Save As
  • Make sure that  UTF-8 is selected as Encoding (left side of Save button)
  • Save it as fixlist.txt on Desktop
  • Open again FRST and click on button Fix
  • Wait until FRST finishes
  • fixlog.txt should be genereted and opened. Attach it your post and wait further instructions.


Please report if folders turn to shortcuts back.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #25 on: September 13, 2017, 10:05:13 AM »
The files on H is okay now i guess? but it is still on partition I and E. Anyway thanks.  ;D

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2017, 10:35:21 PM »
  • Open Notepad (click Start button -> type notepad.exe -> press Enter)
  • Copy text from code block below and paste it into Notepad
Code: [Select]
cmd: dir /S E:
cmd: dir /S I:
H:\Drive\461
E:\Drive\461
I:\Drive\461
  • Go to File -> Save As
  • Make sure that  UTF-8 is selected as Encoding (left side of Save button)
  • Save it as fixlist.txt on Desktop
  • Open again FRST and click on button Fix
  • Wait until FRST finishes
  • fixlog.txt should be genereted and opened. Attach it your post and wait further instructions.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2017, 08:35:18 AM »
File is too large? So am I just gonna copy it here or what?

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #28 on: September 15, 2017, 09:49:34 AM »
Uplaod it it to OneDrive.

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Re: FILES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TURNED TO SHORTCUTS
« Reply #29 on: September 15, 2017, 09:35:33 PM »
  • Open Notepad (click Start button -> type notepad.exe -> press Enter)
  • Copy text from code block below and paste it into Notepad
Code: [Select]
E:\drive.bat
I:\Drive.bat
I:\Games, installers, etc.lnk
I:\Movies.lnk
I:\Other Files.lnk
  • Go to File -> Save As
  • Make sure that  UTF-8 is selected as Encoding (left side of Save button)
  • Save it as fixlist.txt on Desktop
  • Open again FRST and click on button Fix
  • Wait until FRST finishes
  • fixlog.txt should be genereted and opened. Attach it your post and wait further instructions.