Is Your 'Registry Editor' has been disabled by administrator

The Error seen is "Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator"


The following error message is displayed ,when you start the Registry-Editor (regedit.exe):

Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator,This error occurs if the Disable-Registry-Tools- Policy is enabled.

NB: If this policy was enabled in your system without you doing anything or without your knowledge,then it is that the Virus had blocked the usage of Registry-Editor (Regedit.exe) in your system by enabling the Disable-Registry-Tools-policy through the registry.It is highly recommended that you perform a checkup of your system immediately.Steps listed in this article will help you to unblock the Registry-Editor,but that does not remove the Virus (if any) from your system.

For Windows XP systems,perform the steps below to remove the registry editing restrictions.

Method 1:

Using the REG.EXE console tool
1. Click Start, Run and type this command:

" REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f "
You should be able to launch the Registry-Editor.

Method 2:

Using the Group Policy Editor 'Windows XP Professional only' Click Start,Run and type gpedit.msc and press ENTER Go to the following location: User Configuration | Administrative Templates | System ,Double-click Disable registry editing tools and set it to Not Configured Exit the Group Policy Editor .

Note: If the setting already reads Not Configured, set it to Enabled and click Apply.Then revert it back to Not Configured.This ensures that the DisableRegistryTools registry value is removed successfully.

This is the solution to enable registry editing