Disable External Storage
8 min
this method will disable storage devices on the following player interfaces xcx55 microsd, usb xtx45/xtx44/xtx43 microsd, usb xdx35/xdx34/xdx33 microsd, usb 4kx42 sd, usb this method does not allow you to choose certain interfaces to disable it also disables storage operations only; other usb devices will operate as normal disabling external storage end user follow these steps to disable external storage download the disable autorun brs file below rename the disable autorun brs file to autorun brs copy the autorun brs file to the root directory of a blank microsd card or other storage device insert the storage device into the unit while it is powered off power on the unit in a moment, you will see a yellow message on the screen that states "disabling external storage" you will then see this message "external storage has been disabled" the script will delete itself and restart the player when complete you should see a brightsign logo on the screen with the firmware version that is installed on the unit developer to disable external storage devices, run an autorun brs script containing the following code brightscript reg = createobject("roregistrysection", "storage") reg write("internal only", "1") external storage will not be disabled until the script exits and the player reboots you can use the rebootsystem() function to terminate the autorun brs script and reboot the player enabling external storage end user follow these steps to disable external storage download the enable autorun brs file below rename the enable autorun brs file to autorun brs copy the autorun brs file to the root directory of a blank microsd card or other storage device insert the storage device into the unit while it is powered off power on the unit in a moment, you will see a yellow message on the screen that states "enabling external storage" you will then see this message "external storage has been enabled" the script will delete itself and restart the player when complete you should see a brightsign logo on the screen with the os version that is installed on the unit tip you can also perform a factory reset docid\ yncf7p2pyzo2qedf1jyim to delete this setting and reenable all storage devices developer to re enable external storage, delete the internal only registry section brightscript reg = createobject("roregistrysection", "storage") reg delete("internal only") the player will need to be rebooted for this setting to take effect as well