Right click on it and take Explore (which should now open it normally)
Look in it for an Autorun.inf file and delete it (possibly got there
from a CD).
Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP
Look in its My Computer - Autoplay - Drives and uncheck C:
and Apply (probably worth doing anyway on any hard disk) - then the
Explore again.
And finally, Start - Run - Regedit
Open the left pane by clicking + boxes to
HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Drive\shell
In the right pane against (Default) should be the actual four letter word none
If not "none", right click on "default" in the right pane. Select "modify" and in "Value data" enter none
Right click on it and take Explore (which should now open it normally)
Look in it for an Autorun.inf file and delete it (possibly got there
from a CD).
Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP
Look in its My Computer - Autoplay - Drives and uncheck C:
and Apply (probably worth doing anyway on any hard disk) - then the
Explore again.
And finally, Start - Run - Regedit
Open the left pane by clicking + boxes to
HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Drive\shell
In the right pane against (Default) should be the actual four letter word none
If not "none", right click on "default" in the right pane. Select "modify" and in "Value data" enter none