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mistake on Windows Vista, but even so I had a hard time finding the solution on Google so I thought I'd post about it. When I was trying to add a key in the Registry Editor, regedit.exe, I cannot create value error writing to the registry xp got an error message saying "Cannot create value: Error writing to the registry."I have never
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seen this on XP (but then again I don't edit the registry that often), but since this is Vista with UAC (User Account Control) cannot create value error writing to the registry vista I thought it might have to do with permissions so I tried to run regedit.exe as Administrator but to no avail. Finally I figured out that I did not have the right permissions in the registry tree.The solution is cannot create value error writing to the registry windows 2008 simply to right click on the folder and select Permissions. You may not even have the right to change the permissions, if this is the case then first you have to take ownership - click Advanced and then the Owner tab. Funny thing about my folder is that the owner was a group called "TrustedInstaller". After I had taken ownership, I wanted to change it back to the "TrustedInstaller" group but it was nowhere to be found. Apparently you
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can't change it back - it is not a group but a service and part of Windows Resource Protection (WRP) as noted by Richard Civil and others in this TechNet post. Two other useful newbie things I found out - thanks to this post by Tim Sneath of Microsoft - when trying to figure out how to run a regedit.exe as Administrator in Vista was this: Run from the XP Start menu is now replaced with Start Search bar in Vista. Simply type regedit.exe (or cmd.exe etc.) in the search bar and hit Enter and it will run. To run an application with Administrator privileges using this method, instead of hitting Enter you hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter. 19 Comments (Click here to add your comment!) Anonymous Mar 26, 2007 @ 09:10:00 Thank you very much for the explanation. It was very useful. xplorer_ex May 22, 2007 @ 14:02:00 Hello there, i did everything in the tut, but im still having the same error appearing, the registry path is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\ It works in most other paths, just not this one 🙁 Im using Vista Ultimate Help would be appreciated! ThanksXp10r3r_3X Anonymous Jul 12, 2007 @ 19:03:00 Thanks for the bit about restarting Outlook after setting securities on Macros. I guess I'm so used to Outlook telling me when it needs to restart that it didn't occur to me there would be a case where it wouldn't tell me.
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it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Why can't I change Window 10 registry http://blog.tjitjing.com/index.php/2007/02/regedit-cannot-create-value-error.html key? up vote 4 down vote favorite I want to change a Windows 7 Registry key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced - Hidden I ran regedit as administrator. But when I was trying to modify that key, it doesn't allow me to change and reports error as Cannot edit: error writing the value's new contents So why can't I change the registry key even in administrator mode? How to solve this problem in Windows 10? windows windows-10 http://superuser.com/questions/986888/why-cant-i-change-window-10-registry-key windows-registry share|improve this question asked Oct 15 '15 at 3:05 Miguel Hernandez 24112 What permissions do you have in the registry key ? Value that you are trying to add, is it a REG_DWORD ? –pun Oct 15 '15 at 3:10 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 7 down vote Interesting. I'm on Windows 10 Pro x64 and I can edit the value. Right click on Advanced and choose "Permissions". Click your user name and make sure you have full permissions: If you don't, try allowing yourself full control (if the boxes are available). If they're greyed out like in my screenshot, but you don't have full access, you can try to take ownership of the object by clicking Advanced Then next to Owner click Change: Type your username into the box and then press Check Names. Press Okay, then before you press Okay again make sure the following is selected: share|improve this answer answered Oct 15 '15 at 3:43 Insane 1,71221236 Thanks for answering, but I still have this problem, I did everything but I can't. –Miguel Hernandez Oct 15 '15 at 4:12 What do you mean did everything? Did you have full control? If not could you give yourself full control? Did you add yourself as owner? Do you
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