Floppy Drives: Deny read access
- Policy ID
- FloppyDrives_DenyRead_Access_1
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Removable Storage Access
Description
This policy setting denies read access to the Floppy Drives removable storage class, including USB Floppy Drives.
If you enable this policy setting, read access is denied to this removable storage class.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, read access is allowed to this removable storage class.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\RemovableStorageDevices\{53f56311-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} View registry values
- Deny_ReadREG_DWORD