Hi. I had occasion today transfer a file by USB to a PC. After doing the action, I later put the USB back into my MacBook and found that all the files and folders have become .lnk files that I can't open. I can't even open the folders. The .lnk files are now very small in size, yet the amount of space available on the USB hasn't changed.
I tried first aid through Disk Utility, but with no result.
Can anyone help me?
Many thanks.
Mac OS X (10.5.8)
With Windows a .lnk file is a shortcut to a file stored elsewhere. Copying files to or from the device should not have affected any other content on it. Do you have the originals stored elsewhere other than on the USB drive?
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One folder is stored on the desktop of the PC that is in my office (not the same PC that has caused the problem: I transferred two files from that folder onto ANOTHER PC). That's about all. Originally, some of the files had been downloaded onto that same PC and then transferred to the USB, after which the files on the PC were trashed. Some others were transferred from my MacBook to the USB.
One way or another you've simply copied links to the original files rather than the files themselves. You'll just have to go back to the source and grab them again.
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.lnk file corruption
