Registry editor not showing up

[FayazShah]

i have a problem with my registry when i try to run regedit from command line it does a little blink on the screen and then quits back what would be the problem and hw could i rectify it.
my OS is winxp sp1
please help

[vijay_7287]

i think ur reg editor has been disabled


u can enable it using the Win - XP Manager
in the security tab there is an option to disable & enble the reg editor

prob solved !!!

[alib_i]

I dont know if this is actually occuring as the registry editors have been disabled ...

but ...
you can do what vijay suggested without installing another software ..
(works in WinXP Pro only)
# Type "gpedit.msc" in Run dialogue
# Go to User Configuration -> System
# Find 'Prevent Access to Resigtry Editing Tools' and disable it

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alibi

[sakumar79]

This could also be a case of virus/malware... One way to check is to go into Safe mode and run the command... Then if it works, go to normal mode and make a copy of the regedit.exe in Windows System32 folder and rename it and try to run it. If it works, this is a possible case... Run AV scan (AVG/Avast are free) and Spyware scan (Lavasoft Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy are very good, but you should run both) in Safe mode....
Also, post a log of HijackThis so that we can see if there are any strange processes running in your system...

Arun