Policy
Floppy Drives: Deny write access
This policy setting denies write access to the Floppy Drives removable storage class, including USB Floppy Drives. If you enable this policy setting, write access is denied to this removable storage class. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, write access is allowed to this removable storage class.
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategorySystem / Removable Storage Access
Policy ID
a4bd81c64e81Internal name
FloppyDrives_DenyWrite_Access_2Registry
Copy registry mappings
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\RemovableStorageDevices\{53f56311-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\Deny_Write (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\RemovableStorageDevices\{53f56311-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\Deny_Write (disabled) = 0Policy notes
This policy setting denies write access to the Floppy Drives removable storage class, including USB Floppy Drives. If you enable this policy setting, write access is denied to this removable storage class. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, write access is allowed to this removable storage class.
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