It will be an awkward situation when someone else uses your computer in
your absence and steals your private data. So here I will discuss about
different ways to prevent Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete Operations in
Windows to restrict this situation
1. Preventing file copying by disabling access to optical drives and USB ports:
Optical Drive:
There is a program named
CD/DVD Drive Locker using which you can disable or enable CD/DVD drive temporarily.
USB ports:
A. Disabling write access to USB ports: Open Windows registry editor and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Create a new DWORD,
name it
WriteProtect and put the value as 0. To allow write access change the value to 1.
B. Disabling access to USB ports: Open Windows registry editor and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
Double click on the entry
Start on the right pane and set it’s value to 4 (Hexadecimal). To enable USB ports again change the value back to 3.
2. Preventing file copying using anti-file copy software:
A.
Stopper is a small and
portable software that can restrict "Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete"
operations in Windows. Its a standalone EXE file. You just need to run
the file and it'll disable the Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete functions. To
enable the operations again, open "Task Manager" and select the
"Stopper.exe" file from the list. Right-click on it and select End task
or End process option.If you want Windows to automatically start the
application at each startup, then create its shortcut and paste in
"Startup" folder in Programs menu.
Download Stopper.
B. Another free program is
System Protect - a freeware that prevents deletion of important system files as well as user-selected files.
The program runs in the background just like an anti-virus program do
and continuously monitors all access to the protected files. If any
process tries to delete the files the user is alerted. The program can
be configured to automatically deny all delete attempts or ask the user
for action. Additionally, System Protect allows files and folders to
be password protected.
Download System Protect.
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