Often, we run across spyware that may disable registry editing. When you try to access regedit, you may get the following prompt:
“Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.”
There are several methods to re-enable the registry editing from this point. First, the easiest is usually to run this command from the run command or from a command prompt:
REG add HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
Log off then back on and try again. If that didn’t work, you can try the other steps below:
Use GPEDIT to modify the local security policy:
- Click Start, Run
- Type GPEDIT.MSC and Press Enter
- Go to the following location
- User Configuration
- Administrative Templates
- System
- In the Settings Window, find the option for “Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools” and double-click on it to change.
- Select Disabled or Not Configured and choose OK
- Close the Group Policy Editor and restart your computer
- Try opening REGEDIT again
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