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Windows Registry Editor Disabled!

Scan and Fix Errors in Windows Registry

Troubleshooting Issue#

Microsoft’s® Windows XP has a Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe) – Which i’m sure most of you are aware about?

This registry editor is quite useful incase if you ever want to disable certain things on your windows or delete un-necessary entries manually! (Which i sometimes prefer).

If for some reason it has been disabled on your computer which is often and mostly caused by a computer virus – Below are some methods that you can use to get back your precious Registry Editor!

The method we will be using is by Group Policy Editor – gpedit.msc:

gpedit.msc

Goto the Start Menu Then Run and Type gpedit.msc
On the left side Goto User Config -> Administrative Templates -> System
Now on the right side, Select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”.
Regardless of the whatever its current value is Change its value to be Disabled.

Close the gpedit.msc window and try opening your Registry Editor… Check if it works? If not its probably because the setting might not have taken its effects yet! We can tell the computer to do so by going to Run again and Type Command in it – The Command Prompt should now be opened infront of you… Type gpupdate in the Command Prompt.

This will tell the Group Policy Editor – gpedit.msc to refresh its settings… Now try opening the Registry Editor once again! it should be working by now!

If for some reason the above procedure does not work for you – There are 2 additional methods you can do to fix this problem… But i’ll point that out when some one needs more help.

Thanks for reading and please do post your comments if or not this post has helped you solve your problem.

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9 Comments Already

Barun Kumar Tiwari Said,

August 9th, 2008 @2:38 pm

Hello Sir,
Please tell me other two methoda to enable Registry Editing because the first method Gpedit.msc is not working because gpupdate is not possible since cmd window is closing befor typing Gpupdate.

Zubair Said,

August 11th, 2008 @11:20 am

Hi Barun,

Thanks for your feedback

Barun, if gpupdate is not working for you – you can just try to restart your system after making the changes. Have you tried that?

Download this Patch i am posting below and Run it. – it should fix your registry disabled problem.
Click Here to download the Patch to fix Windows Registry Disabled Issue

Thanks for reading

registry Said,

December 28th, 2008 @3:14 am

Great post. Thanks for sharing!
I also have an registry cleaner software to recommend.

che Said,

March 21st, 2009 @8:23 am

sir,my task manager n regedit are disabled by the administrator. i’ve already done what u say at the above,but when i go to the gpedit,in my admistrative there in nothign to shown…n my antivirus software also is trun off…i hope u can reply to my problems by email me..tq..

March 22nd, 2009 @6:53 am

@ Che:
Sorry to hear this didn’t work for you, but it sounds like you might be a victim of a virus attack on your pc.

Have you tried re-installing your anti-virus?

Anil Sharma Said,

June 12th, 2009 @10:51 pm

Brilliant, thanks a million! worked like a charm!

Fahim Said,

September 28th, 2009 @12:00 pm

I can’t find the line “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. how do I get it?

Girish Said,

December 18th, 2009 @10:45 pm

Thank You,

Actually I was facing problem with ‘Windows genuine shit’.
I learned to delete wgatray.exe but got stuck enabling regedit.
thanks 4 helping me know the exact location of registry enabling in gpedit.msc