How to Fix “Registry Editing Has Been Disabled by Your Administrator” Error on Windows 11?

Registry Editor is a helpful utility in Windows 11 that lets users easily change advanced Windows settings by altering registry keys present in a hierarchical arrangement called the Windows Registry.

A simple virus infection may make Windows Registry useless, and even it will not open. It may also happen your administrator has actually disabled Registry Editing. When you try to open the Registry Editor on one such computer, you will likely receive the“Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” error. Due to this error, it is impossible to remove this restriction using the Registry Editor itself.

Fix: Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator on windows 11

If you’re seeing the “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” error in Windows 11, it’s likely that your user account doesn’t have the necessary permissions to access the Registry Editor. Here’s how to fix it:-

Step 1. First, open Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 2. Then, navigate to the following path in the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor:-

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System

Step 3. In the right pane, locate the “Prevent access to registry editing tools” policy setting and double-click it.

Step 4. Here, select “Disabled” and click “OK” to enable the Registry Editor.

That’s it. Close the Local Group Policy Editor and restart your computer to save the changes.

After completing these steps, you can open the Registry Editor without encountering the “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” error.

If you’re using Windows 11 Home edition, you may not have access to the Local Group Policy Editor. In that case, you can edit the Registry to enable the Registry Editor. Here’s how to do it:-

Step 1. First, open Registry Editor.

Step 2. Then, navigate to the following folder in the left pane of the Registry Editor:-

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

Step 3. Next, locate the “DisableRegistryTools” REG_DWORD in the right pane and double-click it.

Step 4. Set the “Value data” to “0” and click “OK” to enable the Registry Editor.

That’s it. Close the Registry Editor and restart your PC to apply the changes.

After completing these steps, you can open the Registry Editor without encountering the “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” error.

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