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eRickety
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_ 		4. August 2009 @ 22:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi guys,

After about a week of putting things on my new Western Digital 1 TB My Book, something weird is beginning to happen. When it's plugged in, it still shows up in My Computer (I'm running Vista, by the way) as E: (like usual) but with a new icon. Just a differentish looking hard drive. And now, when I try to open my drive, I get:
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E:/

Application not found.
I can still access it by right-clicking and pressing Explore, and I can still write and even download things to it. Please help!
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KillerBug
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_ 		7. August 2009 @ 23:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there a "autorun.inf" file on it?
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eRickety
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_ 		13. August 2009 @ 13:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes there is
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KillerBug
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_ 		14. August 2009 @ 00:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Delete that file, it is trying to autolaunch your hard drive like it was a Program DVD.
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eRickety
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_ 		16. August 2009 @ 01:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It worked! Thanks a ton. And hey, while I'm here, can I ask you if there is any way that I can change the icon for my external hard drive? It;s got no icon right now, just the default file one. Thanks.
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jodav
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_ 		16. August 2009 @ 03:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
To get your My Book icon back you just need to do a quick download from the Western Digital site of a new autorun inf and folder containing My Book icon. See here for simple instructions to get you icon back. Good luck.
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eRickety
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_ 		16. August 2009 @ 18:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you, you've been a great help.
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jodav
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_ 		16. August 2009 @ 19:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No problem at all.
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