{"id":5410,"date":"2015-10-29T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T08:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2015-10-29T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T08:42:09","slug":"block-read-write-access-to-usb-or-cd-drive-in-windows-10-8-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/block-read-write-access-to-usb-or-cd-drive-in-windows-10-8-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Read \/ Write Access to USB or CD Drive in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are situations where you might want to disable USB\/CD device access in your computer, if someone wants to copy your files to removable devices (USB stick or CD). In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to block read\/write access to USB\/CD drive in Windows 10, 8 and 7.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Using Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open up the Run box by press the Windows key + R. Type gpedit.msc<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

    \"gpedit\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. When the Local Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to the following location:
    \nUser Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Removable Storage Access<\/code><\/p>\n

    If you want to block access to removable devices for ALL Windows accounts, navigate to this location instead:
    \nComputer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Removable Storage Access<\/code><\/li>\n

  3. In the right pane, there are lots of settings for denying read\/write access to removable disk, CD and DVD. If you want to deny read access to all external removable hard drive or USB flash drive, just double-click on the policy “Removable Disks: Deny read access<\/strong>“, and set it to Enabled<\/strong>.\n

    \"usb-storage-access\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. In order to make your changes take effect immediately, open an administrative Command Prompt and run the following command:
    \ngpupdate \/force<\/code><\/li>\n
  5. Once your group policy takes effect, a user will see the following message box whenever they attempt to open a removable storage device.\n

    \"usb-access-is-denied\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Using Registry Trick<\/strong><\/p>\n

    However, not all editions of Windows has a Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). If you’re using a Home edition of Windows, you have to use this registry trick to disable the USB\/CD drive access. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

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    1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and hit Enter.<\/li>\n
    2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\RemovableStorageDevices<\/code><\/p>\n

      \tIf you want to block access to removable devices for ALL Windows accounts, navigate to this key instead:
      \nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\RemovableStorageDevices<\/code><\/li>\n

    3. In the left pane, right-click on RemovableStorageDevices<\/strong>, select New<\/strong> -> Key<\/strong> and type in {53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}<\/strong>.\n

      {53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}<\/strong> is GUID of the generic USB storage device. If you want to block CD\/DVD access, type the GUID {53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}<\/strong> instead.<\/li>\n

    4. In the right pane, right-click on an empty area and select New<\/strong> -> DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong> and type Deny_Read<\/strong> and press Enter, modify its value to 1.\n

      \"usb-deny-read\"<\/p>\n

      If you want to deny write access, create a new value Deny_Write<\/strong> and set its value to 1.<\/li>\n

    5. Close the Registry Editor. Restart your computer to apply changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      There are situations where you might want to disable USB\/CD device access in your computer, if someone wants to copy your files to removable devices (USB stick or CD). In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to block read\/write access to USB\/CD drive in Windows 10, 8 and 7. Method 1: Using Group Policy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,3,39],"tags":[2297,2298,2299,2296],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-block-usb-drive-in-windows","tag-block-usb-mass-storage-device-in-windows","tag-deny-usb-access-in-windows","tag-windows-disable-usb-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5426,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/5426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}