Two More Methods to enable regedit

Posted on October 6, 2007 by PakNik

This two methods I discovered on Ramesh’s troubleshooting Windows site - windowsxp.mvps.org.

First method

Type this command in Run box and press Ok.

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f 

Second method

Using Group Policy editor. Once again in the Run box, type gpedit.msc and press Ok. Go to User Configuration-Administrative Templates-System, double click Disable registry editing tools and set it to Not Configured. Exit Group Policy editor.

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9 Responses to “Two More Methods to enable regedit”

  1. microsoft » Two More Methods to enable regedit, on October 6th, 2007 at 9:17 am Said:

    [...] Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThis two methods I discovered on Ramesh s troubleshooting Windows site - windowsxp.mvps.org. First method Type this command in Run box and press Ok. REG add HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f  Second method Using Group Policy editor. Once again in the Run box, type gpedit.msc and press Ok. Go to User Configuration-Administrative Templates-System, double click Disable registry editing tools and set [...]

  2. Sanjay, on October 19th, 2007 at 5:23 pm Said:

    How to Enable for gpedit.msc ?

  3. Dr ahmadi, on December 1st, 2007 at 10:54 am Said:

    it is not working at all. the message box show that ther could be error in typing.

    regards

  4. PakNik, on December 1st, 2007 at 2:31 pm Said:

    @ Dr ahmadi - Dear Dr, you may try and download a vb script by Doug Knox to enable back your registry editor. Please go to http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/regtools.htm
    right click the link and be sure to save it as regtools.vbs
    Hope this method work for you. After you have downloaded regtool.vbs, just double-click the file you download and your Registry Editor should be working.

  5. ron, on March 4th, 2008 at 7:57 am Said:

    tnx..

  6. sourabh soni, on March 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm Said:

    my gpedit, regedit, folder option has been disable due to virus. plz help me what should i do. must reply.
    sourabh soni

  7. PakNik, on March 5th, 2008 at 4:21 pm Said:

    @ sourabh : Please take a look at my post - http://pcproblems.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/restrictions-set-by-virusesspywares/
    and download the tool mentioned in that post.
    Hope that helps! And if you have Spybot Search & Destroy, please run that too.

  8. Ajay Mangal, on March 28th, 2008 at 6:58 pm Said:

    thanks Ramesh ,
    nw i am able to open registry
    tanks a lot again

  9. oloh24, on April 14th, 2008 at 7:05 am Said:

    thanks for everything!

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