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Original Message

Name: chrislola
Date: February 16, 2008 at 14:51:01 Pacific
Subject: red X on C
OS: Windows XP 2003
CPU/Ram: 1gb
Manufacturer/Model: Dell Inspiron 9300

Comment:

I had a bunch of pos.tmp files, which I got rid of through some of the advice on here given to others regarding the same problem, but I still have a red X showing up on my C drive. I have no clue what to do.

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Response Number 1

Name: jabuck
Date: February 16, 2008 at 16:14:51 Pacific

Reply:

This should fix the red X.
Go to start> run> type in notepad > ok. Copy paste the following into notepad making [autorun] the very top line:
[autorun]
ICON=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL,8
Click "save as"> then using the drop down arrow on the far right of the "save in" window select Local Disk C: to be displayed in the "save in" window.
Next type "C:\autorun.inf" (you must use the quotes) in the file name window> click save.
Restart the computer.