How to remove the write protect on a USB key

Author: Charles Xu
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READ!!! I missed a step. Once you are on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM step,open 'system' and then continue on... SORRY... If you are using vista or windows 7, go to storage instead of storagedevicepolicies. This video is going to show you how to remove the write protection on a usb key. Sry I didn't put any music in it, I didn't want my computer to lag. Hope you enjoy.

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  1. IF YOU DON'T HAVE STORAGEDEVICEPOLICIES:

    Step 1
    Click the “Start” button, type “regedit” (without the quotation marks)
    in the Search Programs and Files box and press "Enter" to open the
    Registry Editor.
    Step 2
    Navigate to
    “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies.”
    Right-click "WriteProtect" and select "Modify." Change the Value Data
    to “0” and click "OK."
    Step 3
    Add “StorageDevicePolicies” if it does not exist. Select the "Control"
    folder in the left navigation pane. On the “Edit” menu, point to “New”
    and click “Key.” Type “StorageDevicePolicies” (without quotation marks)
    and press "Enter." Right-click in the right pane, point to "New" and
    select "DWORD (32-Bit) Value." Type “WriteProtect” (without quotation
    marks) and press "Enter." Close the Registry Editor.
  2. there is no storagedevicepolicies
    This is gargabe. Just a scam to get views.
  3. Hello
    I can't find the "StorageDevicePolicies"
    It shows "Storage"/"Storage Management"/"Storport"
    None of these has the writeprotect file
  4. It works!
  5. So....this is like the 10th time watching a tut on how to remove the write protect on a USB using this bull shit method. Nobody has this so called "storagedevicepolicies" and using the "key" to add in that name makes things more complicated. I'm guessing there is no real way in solving this problem.
  6. nice
  7. hey guys i made it
    just follow the steps of Aiva Raz and press writeprotect and change it to 1 and change it again to 0
    and then remove your usb and plug it again
    and then it works!!!
    I HOPE IT ALL WORKS FOR ALL OF YOU.......=)
  8. i dont have Storage Device Policies! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  9. worked for me but without changing the folder name adding the 00 in the end
  10. all the bloody fools it dosent work
  11. Why don't I have "storage device policies"????!!!!
  12. didnt work :P
  13. This methods doesn't help!!!
    Please suggest some other method.
  14. ThankYou Very Much For This Wonderful Tutorial
  15. my disk is still protected :( i did those steps but didnt have that folder so i made it with the stuff inside but still cant format my stupid ass usb it got buggered coz i put a image on it of a game but then it made that bug so cant take shit off or format it please respond to my thing and help me to format it
  16. there is no  storagedevicepolicies 
  17. i dou't have StorageDevicePolicies
  18. there is no storage device policies what to do?
  19. this guy don't know that newer computer like window 7 or 8 don't have storage policies on policies and it don't matter if you create a folder call storage policies and change it to 0 it won't work your usb flash are totally trash just get a new one trust me
  20. you've lost me at "StorageDevicePolicies."          Jester Porio's comment helped me get to this point by using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >System >CurrentControlSet >Control >StorageDevicePolicies