Try explicitly setting this thing in configuration, not removing it.
Also, this was relevent for Workstation 16, not 17. If you're using 17, some of newer version - try to play around with this setting. I mean, instead of
usb.restrictions.defaultAllow = "TRUE"
try to remove quotes completely
usb.restrictions.defaultAllow = TRUE
or to replace them with apostrophes
usb.restrictions.defaultAllow = 'TRUE'
We never knew how this feature works because it was never (openly) documented, so the only way to figure that out - is just to experiment with it.
