USB Flash Drive icon Changes into Folder icon

I am getting a lot of email regarding this, so I am posting here the solution for everyone to rid this issue...


This issue may have resulted from a virus infection on the machine the drive was plugged into. 
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You’ll need to delete the file autoruns.inf located on your flash drive.

By default, Windows hides this file, so before you can delete it you must make a couple of changes (you may reverse these after you’ve finished):


Open My Computer
Tools
Folder Options…
Click on the View tab
Under “Hidden files and folder” choose “Show hidden files and folders”
Remove the tick from “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
OK


Go back to My Computer and click on your flash drive. If you can’t open it that way, try right clicking on it and choose “Explore.”


Find the autoruns.inf file, right click on it and choose “Delete.” Confirm “Yes.”


Unplug and re-plug the drive in. You should be back to normal.