Windows 10 How to remove disk write protection from USB created with Windows Media Creation Tool?

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After using the Windows Media Creation Tool to burn an installation image to a USB memory stick, the device is marked as Read Only.It is not possible to format the device, delete the partition or otherwise make it re-usable. Since I don't have any need for that particular Windows installation image but I do need to create a new installation image, I want to erase the drive and write the latest installation image to it.Working as Administrator,Format does not workDiskpart, clean and diskpart attributes disk clear readonly do not clear the read only status of the drive.The write protection does

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