Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

Today a friend of mine asked that his registry editor had been disabled accidentally and now how should he enable it back again. Here are three ways to enable the registry editing in Windows.If Windows Registry Editor has been disabled, it shows the following error message:

“Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator”

Registery Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

1- From Group Policy Editor

Go to Run –> gpedit.msc
In the left hand menu, go to User Config –> Administrative Templated –> System.
Now In the right hand pane, select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. It will probably be not configured or enabled. If it’s enabled, disable it and if it’s not configured, first enable it, apply settings and then disable it. Most probably the settings have been applied instantly. If not, then run gpupdate in command prompt to apply the group policies.

2- From the Run Menu

I got this tweak while surfing the internet. Go to Start –> Run, copy and paste the follow in the Run box and press OK.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
The effects are usually instant. If not then you should see the results after restarting your computer.

3- Using Smart Virus Remover

If none of the above methods work, please download our Smart Virus Remover from here:
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Using this Virus Remover please restore your Windows settings and your registry editor will be re-enabled.


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211 responses to “Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator”

  1. Samuel Sisay

    This information really helped me.Thank you!

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  3. addi

    YAY!
    thank. I think it worked. Very simple too.

  4. addi

    do i have to do anything else to make sure i free of Brontok?

  5. Sanix

    addi, please see this article for brontok removal:
    http://technodigits.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/remove-the-brontok-worm/

  6. Scott

    Does this disable the use of “reg add” in login scripts?

  7. Muhammad Abdullah

    Scott running those command only enables things not disables any thing

  8. ashot

    thanks

  9. rakesh

    thank u very much

  10. Ali

    SAlaam,
    mera pc ma pata nahe koi Virus hai,wo muja windowz Explorer ma about blank nahe rakhna detaa hai
    are u Understand ka ma na kiaa kaha?

  11. Rahul kumar

    My pc doe not show the task manager .
    plese tell me that how i solved it.

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  15. Rahul

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  17. abc dhar

    hi
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    here is another problem which i have been facing for last 15 days as ‘orkut is banned you fool,your administrator did not do it guess who did it?’

  18. abc dhar

    hi
    buddy i am so much pleased for your inabortive suggestion and having done your valuable instruction for ‘showing hidden file.’ once again i am beholden to you for your kind and magnanimous direction.
    here is another problem which i have been facing for last 15 days as ‘orkut is banned you fool,your administrator did not do it guess who did it?’ what is the solution? please give me the valuabe solution.

  19. Sanix

    abc dhar, can you kindly co-ordinate with me through mail so that I may understand the situation well. I’ll answer you here for other people too.

  20. Galib

    Thanks for your help.It was great, Yes I got back the Regedit. Thanks once again.

  21. Santhosh C From India

    Hi thanks a lot ….This info has saved my life.
    I could correct my registry & download windows updates too . . . .

  22. Ahmed

    well, but what if gpedit.msc was disabled,??????
    what are we gonna do ???
    other thatn the obove, it was a very helpfull information, thank you very much

  23. chitra

    It was a wonderful article, specially that one line command was the biggest help. It solved my problem by just typing one line. great work!

  24. ashish

    if task manager does not appear….
    one way is ..
    try to restore it to some earlier date..
    otherwise format…

  25. ashish

    answer to comment 14…
    in control panel go to user accounts..
    third option is change the ways users log in..
    u are not able to change it…
    am i right..
    then go this way..
    “go to my network place”..
    then select ..
    “view network connections”
    right click….
    “propertiess”…
    fourth option…
    internet protocol..
    select it..
    uninstall it by option given just below it..
    and it is done……
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  30. Alamgir

    Thanks a lot bro.. It is a great tip for advanced as well as naive users.

  31. ameen

    Hi,
    This tweak worked, thanks alot:
    REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

  32. raze

    it really worked! thanx sooooo much!

  33. Jinesh A. Kamdar

    Thanks a ton! It worked 🙂

  34. kashif

    good work

  35. DWiner

    That really worked bro!!! Thnx a ton 🙂

  36. Folu Owolabi

    This solution is superb. Thank lots!!!!
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  37. swathi

    registry editing has been disabled from administrator

  38. dil

    that was amazing…the second option really worked..tnx a lot sir

  39. emil

    Thanks a stack for your website. I used the listed scripts to correct the two problems here below, seemingly caused by a trojan.
    “Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator”
    “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator”
    THEY WORKED LIKE A BOMB, FIXING THE TRAIN SMASH!
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  40. Gabe Lawrence

    Thank you, this worked for me.

  41. jigs

    I have used directly second option “From the Run Menu” and it’s simply superb.. it works

  42. tct

    Outstanding and awesome tips !!! thx for this guide… 2 thumbs up for you sanix.

  43. Chuyngon

    It works fine. Now I’m able to modifiy the regedit.
    Thank you very much.

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  46. Jim Archibald

    Thank you. Your tweak
    “REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f”
    worked like a charm. The universe is back to spinning as it should.
    Thank you!

  47. WASJOK

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  49. Suraj

    Thanks..helped me a lot

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