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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Removable Storage Access
Policy ID a4bd81c64e81
Internal name FloppyDrives_DenyWrite_Access_2

Registry

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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) = 0

Policy 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.

Related policies

All Removable Storage classes: Deny all accessAll Removable Storage: Allow direct access in remote sessionsCD and DVD: Deny execute accessCD and DVD: Deny read accessCD and DVD: Deny write accessCustom Classes: Deny read accessCustom Classes: Deny write access