How to Hide A Drive Using Command Prompt in Windows 10/8/7

Greetings from Tutorial Nutshell. Ever wanted to conceal a drive; maybe because you have private stuff that you wouldn’t want anyone to find, or to know it exists in some drive in your computer? Well, this tutorial is for you. We will use Command Prompt in Windows to hide/ unhide a drive. Just follow these steps:  Note: we will be using attached cmd screenshot for examples. Use relevant volume numbers and drive letters for your computer.

Diskpart command line utility

1. Open your command prompt (start – type cmd in the search box, and hit Enter

2. Type diskpart and hit enter. (Select yes if UAC interface pops up; but it would be great if you can run cmd in elevated mode (run it as administrator) Then the diskpart command line utility will appear. Note: Diskpart  is used to manage and maintain partition drives.

3. Now issue the list volume command. This will display all the drives in your computer

4. Then issue the select volume 3 command. (Note: 3 is the volume number of the drive to be hidden. I used 3 in order to select E: drive in my computer as shown in the screenshot of my command prompt on the above. You can choose any other drive you want!)

5. To hide drive 3, issue the command remove letter E:

Type exit to quit diskpart. Finally go to my computer and your just hidden drive will be invisible. If all steps executed successfully but no results showing at my computer,   To make that hidden drive visible again follow the same steps (Step 1 through 4) but instead of the remove letter E: command in step 5, issue the assign letter E: command. Note that when the drive letter is hidden (removed), it will not show under the Ltr column of the corresponding Volume ### column in the cmd.

That’s it…Enjoy!!!

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How to Eliminate Shortcut Virus from your Pendrive / Flashdrive / Portabledrive and reclaim your hidden files

Hello guys… So picture this: You have a Pendrive / Flashdrive / Portabledrive with important files in it. You get to your friend’s house to show them the cool stuff you got. After inserting it in your friends’ PC...it shows all your files as shortcuts. You then scan the pendrive with the updated Antivirus software but then it doesn’t show/bring back your files. Well that’s a ‘horror movie’ but I’m NOT a movie script writer, hahaha! So this tutorial will show you the simplest, most effective way of addressing such a ‘horror’.

Just copy and paste the following code to notepad and save it as "ShortcutRemover.bat" (…you can choose any other name you want, but remember to save it in the .bat format) and save it to the infected stick and run it. Follow instructions until all the processes are complete. That’s it. Enjoy…

CODE:

Echo off

cls

echo Created by Tutorial Nutshell - www.tutorialnutshell.blogspot.com

echo.

Echo Eliminate Shortcut Virus from your Pendrive / Flashdrive / Portabledrive 

Echo and reclaim your hidden files

echo.

)

pause

cls

echo.

echo please wait for all process to complete…

echo.

echo 1 Minute To Complete, please Wait!

echo.

echo Repair Folder

echo.

attrib -s -h %1*.* /s /d

echo.

echo Delete drivesgideinfo Folder

echo.

rmdir /s /q drivesguideinfo

echo.

rmdir /s /q h3ojKiH9lvFefFO0mG6HlXplgLV3LYYuVHdaRr3dtLhEN80DniEPQXQY2sziakx2axTnS4SA044lSPkbMnv9Qm

echo.

echo Delete Shortcut Folder

echo.

del /a /s %scut%\*.lnk

cls

echo.

echo Process Complete

echo.

echo.

echo For more tutorials like this: www.tutorialnutshell.blogspot.com

echo.

)

pause

PS: Delete the files created by the virus especially the autorun.inf file. That all but remember do not run the 'ShortcutRemover.bat' in your system or desktop.

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How to trim videos using VLC Media Player

Hello guys. Ever wanted to trim a specific section of the video? Well, you have come to the right place. In this tutorial I will show you the cheapest, simple way of doing just that by using the VLC. “VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.” You can download it here. I currently have VLC 2.2.3 "Weatherwax" installed, on Windows 7 Professional, service pack 1. Well, with that note lets get started:

VLC shortcut

Step 1: Install VLC media player if you have not already done so, and have it launched.

Adding Advanced Controls

Step 2: Locate and click on View on the menu bar and click Advanced Controls from the drop-down menu. This will introduce four extra buttons just above the conventional play/stop buttons right at the bottom on the default interface. 

Step 3: When you have activated the Advanced Controls, open the video file that you want to trim. What will happen here is that you will record only a segment of the

Advanced Controls

video that you want to extract. Once you have added the video you want, (whether by drag and drop or open file menu found under Media in the menu bar) proceed to play the video and seek the part where you want to start your recording, then hit Record (the first button on the left of the advanced controls; Tip: Hover your mouse pointer over the controls to locate it). Press Record again to stop the recording. The recorded clip will be automatically saved in the Videos folder if you’re using Windows 7, with the naming convention as vlc-record-date-time-name of original video file. For Example if the you have trimmed a video named Wildlife in HD, the trimmed video will be automatically named "vlc-record-2016-05-25-16h09m39s-Wildlife in HD-" 

Thanks guys. Enjoy trimming those videos.

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How to Setup AVG Intenet Security 2016 to Update via Proxy Server

I recently installed AVG Intenet Security 2016 on my laptop and I couldn’t update it at work because we’re using a proxy for our internet connections. After a simple google search I found out how to go about setting up AVG Intenet Security 2016 to update via Proxy Server. These steps also apply to other versions of AVG. Enjoy...

AVG Shortcut

1. Run you AVG program.  

2. In the user interface that comes up, go to Options, then select Advanced settings. On the window that comes up, find Update and expand it to view the underlying items. 

Options and Advanced settings items...

3. Select the Proxy item; then on the right pane, select one of these options: Use proxy, Try connection using proxy and if it fails, connect directly

4. Select whether you want to use Automatic or Manual configuration. Click APPLY or OK to save the changes.

Expanded update item...

Proxy settings' screen

Note that the options for proxy server configuration are Auto and Manual. 

If you choose Auto you need to specify where the proxy configuration should be taken from:

• From script - the configuration will be read from a script

• Autodetect - the configuration will be detected automatically from the proxy server

If you choose Manual, you need to specify the following:

• Server - enter the server’s IP address or the name of the server
• Port - enter the number of the port that enables Internet access
• Proxy authentication - enter the authentication type, your username and password

Further reading at www.avg.com 

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