How to delete autorun.inf with command prompt

[CadCrazy]

I used dir/ah to view hidden files on c drive. Autorun.inf files is present there but when i try to delete it using "del autorun.inf " command , i get error file not found. plz help

[vish786]

change attribute of autorun.inf & then u can easily delete it.

[tanvi chaturvedi]

u can change the attribute usin attrib commmand in cmd...

fr more help u cn type in attrib/? in cmd prompt n u'll get a complete list of the symbols whch cn be used wid the attrib command...

try out it will help!!

[ravi_9793]

let us take you want to delete autorun.inf file from D:\ drive
For this type:
del d:\autorun.inf

[Vishal Gupta]

Give following commands:

attrib -s -h -r autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

It should work.

[himanshumaker]

try this it will work

erase aurorun.inf /f /a -r
that will delete file from the disk without asking u

[utlnoel]

Thanks it works...

[Shash]

hii everyone. I have the same problem on my pen drive.
I get the attribute command to work.

But when i type 'del autorun.inf',
I get a msg that the file is inaccessible, because it is being used by another program or process.
Can anyone help?

[ashisharya]

attrib -s -h -r autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

[infra_red_dude]

Originally Posted by Shash

hii everyone. I have the same problem on my pen drive.
I get the attribute command to work.

But when i type 'del autorun.inf',
I get a msg that the file is inaccessible, because it is being used by another program or process.
Can anyone help?

Then best thing is to boot into Safe Mode and then goto command prompt and change to that drive and type:

attrib -a -s -h -r autorun.inf

*then*

del autorun.inf

[loGos]

helo= there. I have tried many things now to remove trojan virus it does not budge to any of it. is there anything else i could do.

[phuchungbhutia]

If some process is using it then kill that process and del it . . Unlocker can do that . .

[paroh]

Originally Posted by Shash

hii everyone. I have the same problem on my pen drive.
I get the attribute command to work.

But when i type 'del autorun.inf',
I get a msg that the file is inaccessible, because it is being used by another program or process.
Can anyone help?

I recommened u to install USB Disk Security.