How To Enable Regedit In Windows

In this brief article, I want to discuss how to enable regedit in Windows. regedit.exe or regedit32.exe can be used on both Windows and real mode MS-DOS to edit the registry. Before we begin, remember that it is important to always back up the registry before you lead by the atinya.

Windows registry is a database that stores all the settings of your operating system. In addition, the registry also tracks the kernel and runtime exposes operations such data is currently active and hardware performance counters.

Registry consists of two important, and key. Key is very similar to a folder on your computer, and they contain subkeys. Contains the data values and stored in the key.

The first thing you need to do to enable regedit is click Start, then Run. In the command box, type the following:

Reg add HKCU \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System / v DisableRegistryTools / t REG_DWORD / d 0

After hitting "OK", you will be faced with a prompt asking if you want to overwrite DisableRegistryTools value. Select "Yes", then press enter.

Next, type the following command into the command box:

Reg add HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System / v DisableRegistryTools / t REG_DWORD / d 0

When finished, press "Enter" and "Yes" to be presented next to you.

Hopefully this brief article has helped you enable regedit on your Windows machine. For most users, download and edit the registry cleaning program is safe and highly recommended.