Click start
Then run regedit
Go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder
then make some new one. Follow this steps:
Step 1:
Go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
again and right click control folder
Step 2:
Select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into
StorageDevicePolicies
Step 3:
Right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value
for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value
for 64-bit Operating System
Step 4:
Rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect
and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit
Step 5:
Open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and
properly eject your flash drive
Step 6:
Plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32
After that, you're done!
You can view your USB again. :y:
1. Open the Registry Editor (Open the “Run” dialog box, type regedit and hit “Enter”).
2. Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
3. Now right-click on Control, and click on New>Key
4.Now rename this new key to StorageDevicePolicies..
5 Now right-click on StorageDevicePolicies and create a New>DWORD (32-bit) Value
6 Now rename this value to WriteProtect
7 Double-click on WriteProtect and set the Value data to 1.
To revert and remove the write-protection, all you need to do is just change the value data for write-protect (Step-5) from 1 back to 0. Now write access to all the USB devices is re-enabled.
Since 2 years have passed since the last reply in this thread, I am locking it to prevent necroposting. Feel free to start a new thread or contact any forum staff if you want this to be reopened.