There are times when you want to prevent others from copying your data but you still need them to be able to view it on your computers/PCs. The following tips will help you do exactly that.
As always it is the registry that comes to your rescue. Open the Registry Editor by typing regeditin RUN (WIN+R) dialog . Go to th key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies"
Create a new DWORD named WriteProtect (Right Click on right pane and select New»DWORD). Edit the value and make it 1. Just restart Windows explorer and you are almost done. Next time somebody tries to copy data to the external storage device they will see =>
=> If you need to copy the files into the usb drive just make the stored value of Write Protect to 0Help : to restart Windows Explorer take Shutdown. Click Cancel while holding down SHIFT+CTRL+ALT, this will close Windows Explorer. Now take TASK MANAGER by pressing ALT+CTRL+DEL take File>>New Task>> [ explorer ] and press Enter.
Prevent copying of files to USB drive (Windows)
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