When I double click on my local drive, I get the open with window!

When I double click on my local drive, I get the open with window!

This is a common problem which is usually associated with autorun.inf. If you  have a persistent problem with opening your drive, it’s advisable to have a look to the other articles in the Troubleshooting category. If you don’t please continue reading this article:

The problem usually happen when you double click on your local drive. A message just like the one shown below will appear. Before you try these steps, try to right click on drive and click on the “Explore” option. If that didn’t work for you follow these steps:




Click on “Browse” and you will get this window

Locate you windows folder and choose to open your local drive with “Explorer.exe”. After that click on “Open” and you back to the first window just cick “Ok” and your drive will open.

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