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Ottiaia
Iron Contributor
Aug 13, 2025

Batch file needed for USB write and read only

I have a requirement for a office purpose. I want to give a usb pendrive write protected and read only permission, for any system I connect, the data shoudnt get deleted anytime in the pendrive. So I...
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Physicatitude
Copper Contributor
Aug 13, 2025

Run as administrator:

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reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies /v WriteProtect /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f  # Read-only
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies/v WriteProtect /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f  # Writable

The above code can be used to create a batch file to toggle USB write protection.

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