Enable/Disable REGEDIT

There are several viruses that Disable your Registry Editor. To enable it just follow the following steps based on your version of windows. We will be using dos programing for this.

ON 98 ME, NT, and 2000:

• Open Notepad.


• Copy and paste the following:
  
  REGEDIT4
  
  
  
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
  
  "DisableRegistryTools" = dword:00000000
  
  


• Save this file as RESTORE.REG. Save it in C: drive.


• Now the file's location is C:\RESTORE.REG


• Click Start and select Run


• Type C:\RESTORE.REG, then press Enter.


• Click Yes at the prompt of the message box.

On Windows XP and Server 2003:

Just replace the code in the notepad file.



REG add

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

/v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

This should enable your regedit. You can also try this

• Start your comp save all inportant data.


• Retart your computer in safe mode with command prompt


• Now type the following command (to enable registry editor)
  
  reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows \currentversion\policies\system /v "DisableRegistryTools"
  
  and
  
  run HKEY_Local_Machine\software\microsoft\windows \currentversion\policies\system /v "DisableRegistryTools"