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I cant delete my files on my flash drive everytime i click it the WRITE PROTECTED always prompt! that i need to unlock it

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I found this on another site, I tried it down to finding the usb device, you do the remaining part at your own risk, I'm very cautious about editing my registry.
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USB drives can be write-protected by modifying the StoreageDevicePolicies Registry key and WriteProtect Registry value.
# # Start>run>regedit to open Registry Editor. and press control+F to open the find dialogue box and type "usb device" or "driverdesc" to open usb mass storage device or type "usb mass storage device" in the search windows. And right click on it and delete. This will set the policy value to 0. then insert your usb device. It will work fine.
# Remember: do not delete any unknow files in the registry as this will make some programes not work as usual.

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