Recovery console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and all folders

Recovery console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and all folders

Enabling this security option makes the Recovery Console SET command available, which allows you to set the following Recovery Console environment variables:

AllowWildCards: Enable wildcard support for some commands (such as the DEL command).
AllowAllPaths: Allow access to all files and folders on the computer.
AllowRemovableMedia: Allow files to be copied to removable media, such as a floppy disk.
NoCopyPrompt: Do not prompt when overwriting an existing file.

Default: This policy is not defined and the recover console SET command is not available.

Policy path: 

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

Comments: 

Require restart of recovery console

Supported on: 

At least Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003

Registry settings: 

MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole\SetCommand

Reboot required: 

No

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