Enable or disable CD burning capability in Microsoft Windows 11 with this registry hack.

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Option 1 Registry Setting

Log off the current user, then log back in.

Disclaimer:Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.

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We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved.

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Option 2 Group Policy

This option is not available on the Home version of Windows.

FAQ

Does this setting block disc burning via third-party disc burning applications like Nero?

This setting is only for the integrated Windows disc burning features.

I have an entry that isnt a DWORD value but is RegSZ.

What should I do?

Change the value to DWORD.

These changes dont seem to be working for me.

Try searching the entire registry for the NoCDBurning entry.

You may need to remove it from another folder tree.