Registry editing disabled by virus

Normally, they associate their execution with. Just save UnHookExec. Installing the file will not show any popup or notice box. Just download regedit tools. This script reverses the current state of Registry Editor.

If registry editing is set to enabled, this script will disable it and if it is disabled, it will enable it. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. There is a list of trained volunteers in the announcement at the top of this forum.

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The link is in my signature below. Let me know if this does not answer your questions. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Latest Solutions. As such, Symantec create a. Hence, users who just want to re-enable the Registry Editor has to manually modify the. Download the file UnHookExec. Right-click the UnHookExec.

Action will be taken immediately. It's at the top of the Start menu. Group Policy Editor will open. On some versions of Windows it may read Edit group policy instead. Double-click User Configuration. Doing so will expand this item to display the folders below it. Skip this step if User Configuration is already expanded.

If you don't see this option, first double-click the Local Computer Policy item at the top of the sidebar. Click Administrative Templates. This folder is near the bottom of the User Configuration list of folders. Double-click the System folder. It's on the right side of the Group Policy Editor window.

Double-click Prevent access to registry editing tools. You'll find this item on the right side of the window. You may have to scroll down to find it. Check the "Not Configured" box. It's in the upper-left side of the pop-up window. Click Apply , then click OK.

These are both at the bottom of the window. Doing so should re-enable Registry Editor on your computer. Method 5. Open a new Notepad document. Open Start , type notepad in, and click the blue Notepad app. This will open a new Notepad document. Click File. It's in the top-left side of the Notepad window. Click Save As…. This option is near the top of the File drop-down menu. Select a save location.

Click the Desktop folder on the left side of the Save As window. Enter Registry Editor. Do this in the "File name:" field. Select a file type. Click the drop-down box next to "Save as type:", then click All Files. This will save your document in the correct file format. Click Save. It's in the bottom-right corner of the Save As window. This will create your file. Close Notepad. Click the X in the top-right corner of Notepad to do so.

Double-click the VBS file. Doing so will prompt the script to run. Do not run it a second time, or the registry editor will be disabled again.