Windows Registry Editor Disabled - Windows XP

Windows Registry Editor Disabled!

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

1. Goto the Start Menu Then Run and Type gpedit.msc
2. On the left side Goto User Config -> Administrative Templates -> System
3. Now on the right side,  Select “Prevent access to registry editing tools“.
4. 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!

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