Disable Windows 7 Built-in CD and DVD Burning Features

For various reason you may need to disable the default CD/DVD burning feature in windows 7. One can be security concern so that people will not be able to burn unauthorized content from your computer. This can be accomplished in either of the following way.

1. Using Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)

User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

and disable the following -

Remove CD Burning features

1. Using Registry Editor (regedit)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

And edit NoCDBurning with the dword value 00000001. If NoCDBurning is not available then the key will need to be created. You can download the registry file here.

At last restart the computer.

The features in Windows that will no longer be available are shown below.