Re: Regedit has been disabled

I tired the methods in both articles, rebooting after each attempt and still
get the eror mesg tat regedit has been disabled by the adminstrator. Trying
to launch the group policy editor (GPEDIT.MSC) a screen flashes quickly and
closes.

So I'm still stuck, I appreciate your suggestions.

Mark

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Did you reboot???

Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakuirest.htm

Or...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
213. Disable or Enable Registry Editing Tools

Click on Enable
for disableregistrytoolsundo.reg

Right click disableregistrytoolsundo.reg and Select Merge.

Does the VBS script have more high priority that registry restrictions?

No. But if Registry Editing has been disabled in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTool
you cannot use regedit.exe to change the setting.

If a user tries to start a registry editor while the value of this entry is
1, a message appears explaining that a policy prevents the action.

If XP Pro, Group Policy (gpedit.msc)..
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\
Disable registry editing tools

[[Disables the Windows registry editors, Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe.

If this setting is enabled and the user tries to start a registry editor, a
message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.

To prevent users from using other administrative tools, use the "Run only
allowed Windows applications" setting. ]]

Regedt32.exe is a small program that just runs Regedit.exe.

You Have to use a script or a reg.exe.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:8AE518C4-FDEA-4E32-8D20-86838EDD83A3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Mark <mwiesenberg(remove)@cox.net> hunted and pecked:
Ran the script and it said that regedit tools are enabled but when I run
regedit from the command line it still says it is disabled. Is there
another step necessary to turn on regedit?

Thanks
Mark

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

Mark wrote:

Trying to fix the Task Manager disabled issue and found that Regedit
also says it has been disabled by administrator. Tried to run XP
repair and didn't fix it. Any thoughts.


Try here: http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/regtools.htm



Also, can I reload XP from the CD without wiping out all of my data?


Only by doing a repair installation, which you say you've already done.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

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