Disable Auto Play in Windows 7

Click the Start and Input "gpedit.msc" in search box, then click the result to open the gpedit.

Expand Administrative Templates >Windows Components >  Autoplay Policies in order.Then double click "Turn off Autoplay"

Click Enabled, and then select All drives so that you can disable Autorun on all drives.Click Ok at last.

After restarting your computer, you have done all the needed work to disable Auto Play in Windows 7.

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Folders Changed to Application .exe

 This is a turorial I got from a site/forum which really helped me removed the worm/virus on my external hard drive.

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Hi, I was infected with a virus and I noticed that all folders were changed into Application and .exe. How can I remove folder .exe virus and get back my folders from .exe application to usual directory?

Thanks