Today a friend of mine asked that his registry editor had been disabled accidentally and now how should he enable it back again. Here are three ways to enable the registry editing in Windows.If Windows Registry Editor has been disabled, it shows the following error message:
1- From Group Policy Editor
Go to Run –> gpedit.msc
In the left hand menu, go to User Config –> Administrative Templated –> System.
Now In the right hand pane, select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. It will probably be not configured or enabled. If it’s enabled, disable it and if it’s not configured, first enable it, apply settings and then disable it. Most probably the settings have been applied instantly. If not, then run gpupdate in command prompt to apply the group policies.
2- From the Run Menu
I got this tweak while surfing the internet. Go to Start –> Run, copy and paste the follow in the Run box and press OK.
REG add HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
The effects are usually instant. If not then you should see the results after restarting your computer.
3- Using Smart Virus Remover
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Using this Virus Remover please restore your Windows settings and your registry editor will be re-enabled.
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Wow, awesome. This really works to my two computers. I have 3 PC. Unfortunately, for the other one. I’ve gone to “administrative templated”, but then only “windows component” appeared. The “system” wasn’t there. How could this be? Tnx.
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Thanks. This worked. I’d still love to know the cause of this though. Is it because of some virus? I’m running a full system scan as we speak… hope it’s nothing serious.
Thanks again!
Funny thing was that even the help from the Microsoft Website wasn’t good enough to get the problem fixed. You rock dude.
@Thanks,
Most of the times, this is done by viruses or otherwise if you’re in a network, then an administrator can also disable registry editing.
tnx a lot………….