You can see the letter in My Computer/This PC. Make sure not to make a mistake while typing, and if F: isn’t the drive of the letter you want to take care of, replace the letter with the appropriate one. Once you’re inside, you will need to type the following command: takeown /f F:\autorun.inf Right-click the cmd app that appears in the results, and select Run as administrator from the dropdown menu. To open it, press the Windows button, or click on the Start button on your taskbar, and type cmd in the search box. This method will require you to use an elevated command prompt, which can be a fairly powerful tool in situations like this. Method 2: Take ownership of the file and delete it afterwards If this fails to delete the file, it is most likely infected by a virus, so read on the following methods to solve the problem. Once it’s done, you can copy your files to the drive again and continue using it as usual. Please make sure that it is the correct drive, and that you have copied all necessary data to another place on your desktop, as this program will delete everything on the drive you run it on. In the window that opens, click the Start button, and wait for it to finish. You will find in the dropdown menu a Format option, click it. Locate the drive in question, and right-click on it.
Once they’re done copying (time needed will vary based on how much data you have and what speeds the drive works with), open My Computer or This PC, depending on which version of Windows you’re using. Copy them to another location on your desktop, as they will be permanently deleted from the drive. Open your drive, and select all data that you have on it, and don’t want to lose. If an antivirus has protected the file, the procedure to get rid of it is fairly easy. Method 1: Copy your data and format the drive The first method works if an antivirus has messed with the file, but if that doesn’t work, go on to the other methods that show how to delete the file even if a virus is denying you access to it. Whichever the case, there are solutions that allow you to remove the corrupted autorun.inf file, and you don’t have to worry since the removable drive will create a new one the next time you plug it in.
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