Denied external drive permission after factory reset

The folders came back, but with padlocks on them, no shortcuts.

Stacman said:

The folders came back, but with padlocks on them, no shortcuts.

Padlocks mean the permissions are not properly set. Make sure you have Users set to be able to at least read the contents within the security tab.

Stacman said:

That's a little too frigid alphanumeric. Unless of course, you're inside with no reason to go out. I would like a little cool whether for a change here in San Diego. We're mired in a 70's to 80's stretch for the past 3 weeks.

It's nippy but you learn to dress for it. lol, my wife is constantly knitting wool socks, mittens, scarves and hats for our grand kids etc.

I gave full control to all, and still the same...

Does it look like: ?

I didn't have evveryone in there, but I added it and now the shortcuts are back. Too weird.

Stacman said:

I didn't have evveryone in there, but I added it and now the shortcuts are back. Too weird.

Where do the shortcuts link to? This definitely sounds like a malware problem if adding Everyone allows something access to hide things and add shortcuts.

The shortcuts link directly to cmd.exe in Windows>System32..

I'm running a quick scan now to see what shows up. If nothing significant I'll run a full scan. I'll switch to a full scan.