How to fix regedit has been disabled by administrator?

Question

I have a problem entering regedit in Windows. Every time I try running regedit there is a popup message that says *regedit has been disabled by administrator*. The exact error message is:

```
Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.
```

How can I enable registry editing? By the way, I'm the administrator so I should have sufficient privileges.

![Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator](https://cdn.ozzu.com/uploads/1/post/312780/1/registry-editing-has-been-disabled-by-your-administrator.png)

Alkatr0z · Accepted Answer

1. Click Start
2. Type *run* and when command appears click on it.
3. Type *gpedit.msc* in open field and click OK.
4. Go to *User Configuration* in GPEdit.
5. Go to *Administrative Templates*.
6. Go to *System*.
7. Right click on *Prevent access to registry editing tools*.
8. Click on edit.
9. Turn off *Enabled*. Either select *Not Configured* or *Disabled*.

![Access group policy editor for access to registry editing tools](https://cdn.ozzu.com/uploads/1/post/312785/1/access-group-policy-editor-for-access-to-registry-editing-tools.png)

![Disable preventing access to registry editing tools](https://cdn.ozzu.com/uploads/1/post/312785/1/disable-preventing-access-to-registry-editing-tools.png)

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