Enable regedit
Posted by davidnewcomb on 28 Nov 2009 in Techie
Occasionally you may find that a nasty virus changed your desktop and removed your ability to run regedit.exe
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There are several ways to re-enable it which depend on your operating system and set up.
- Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Prevent access to registry editing tools -> Right Click Properties -> Disabled
- Run the following command:
REG add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
- Create a .reg file that contains the changes to switch on the registry editor then run it.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "DisableRegistryTools"="0"
WARNING: Run registry files at your own rick.
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