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. minchu

    wohoo!! it worked!! THANKS ALOT!!!

  2. Nikhil

    Thanks a lot . Both solutions for task manager and registry editor work. Its really very thoughtful of you to help us.

  3. khulet

    thank you so much.. i was a little bit afraid when that warning respond.. thank you. it really help

  4. wekindai

    thank very much for your information….

  5. Sudipta Banerjee

    Thanks it works

  6. jadarite

    wow! that was kinda quick! thanks man…

  7. Piddy

    THX ALLOT!!!!!!!!

  8. Jam13dfa

    Rock On

  9. Schezter

    A million thanks to you! Ü

  10. khuan

    thanks for the great info

  11. James

    Have used this many times with positive results every time thanks…

  12. 4Rizzan

    Very…very thank’s you

  13. 4Rizzan

    very…very thank’s you from people Indonesia

  14. David

    Thanks alot this was a big help. I have no idea how it got disabled to begin with.

  15. ananya

    how do u know all this.. from where do u get all this stuff..

  16. ADE

    Thanx so much. It really worked. If not you……………..
    Thanx in a million time.

  17. sabir

    This information really helped me.
    Thank you!

  18. Yasser

    You are really excellent >> Thank You

  19. Cosmin

    10x

  20. pratik

    “REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f”
    This command has helped me. Previously, I was not able to edit the registry settings but now I am eligible to do so. thanks a lot.
    pratik

  21. Jose

    Option no. 1 resolved my problem.
    Thank you very much.
    Jose.

  22. Elias A. Malion

    Wonderful! I was able to enable the registry within seconds of going through your solution on enabling registry editing. The settings were applied insatntly.
    I am not an IT guy but the IT guys whom I had consulted before your solution did not have ready answers. Thank you very much. I am impressed!
    Elias

  23. sanjay chaturvedi

    task manager disable by administrator

  24. Amit

    Thanks, my problem has been resolved

  25. sajth

    thanks my reg edit worked well…kool blog..

  26. Sambam

    haha that tweak is awesome!
    you guys are champs saved me alot of frustration
    cheers!

  27. ayoub

    awesome dude….

  28. deepankar

    thanks yaar it realy help

  29. Murtaza

    the 2nd one worked like a treat. Thanks a ton!!

  30. fermin

    it really works. thanks

  31. Bunty C

    great guys,…….Keep it up

  32. Ian

    Thanks guys, the text to copy in the run command sorted my problem out.

  33. Bahar

    hi, I am bahar From dhaka.
    Now I fall great virus problems. Virus msge is Hi how are you? vala Acho to? I Cant Solution it.
    I used all antivirus Like Norton,AVG,Avast, Macfee 8.5i
    etc.
    Pls Help me how to solutions it. pls repply me as soon as possible

  34. Nic

    Thanks, the tweak worked perfectly

  35. jale

    hello..tnx i do this ..but mr regedit not open in RUN

  36. Sanix

    jale, it seems that you are still infected with the virus. Please scan your system with a good antivirus and then use the above method for re-enabling the registry editor. If you are still having troubles, please let me know.

  37. Scott

    Thanks, running that long command from start-run worked GREAT for me.

  38. Rob

    Using the group policy editor worked fine for me.
    Thank you very much.

  39. kk

    thanks a lot bro.. it was really helpful…

  40. K. Fouzder

    Simply….awesome…..

  41. X

    Yes, you only need to apply the change. It can then be set back to unconfigured. Thank you 🙂

  42. akash

    thanks a lot, like a magic…bravo…

  43. Siim

    thanks … the second method was very helpful …

  44. Yoga

    Thanks…. Did work for me too

  45. booboo

    Hi,
    I have the same problem with registry and task manager. I’ve tried the 2 methods. Those methods worked until i restart my computer. I reinstall my windows 3 times with different windows cd. What can i do?

  46. salman

    hey man thxx a lot worked for me

  47. Simon

    Thank you guys for good work!!!

  48. M.Mullaiselvan

    Excellent!…

  49. Shardul

    thx a lot, now i can edit my registry

  50. adam

    im not to sure if i should download this is it safe