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that. I've tried booting into safemode, signing on my account with administrative privileges or the default adminstrator acoount. I've tried to assign the key Full Control and check box to replace all child objects for Administrator and All Accounts, and it works for all but the problem key, get error message: "Registry editor could not set security in the key currently selected, or some of its subkeys."This all started when I tried to update Windows Media Player to version 11 so I can download and play files from my TIVO. I have version 10 and they say I have to upgrade to version 11 to play the files. In running the upgrade it always fails at the very end. The log file gives the error message as access denied on the key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Mediaplayer\Settings\MP3encoding\lowrate. One suggestion given to me to fix it was to delete the key in question and reinstall. Well I can't access HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Mediaplayer\Settings so there are no subkeys. I tried to open all the subkeys under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Mediaplayer and I can open everyone except ...\Settings and ...\Player\CDData. I can open ...\Player\Extensions.How do I fix or delete or rename the key in question? I'm in safe mode, I'm in the administrator account, I've tried to change the permissions for the parent key and give to the child key, so ple
for Help Receive Real-Time Help Create a Freelance Project Hire for a Full Time Job Ways to Get Help Ask a Question Ask for Help Receive Real-Time Help Create a Freelance Project Hire for a Full Time Job Ways to Get Help Expand Search Submit Close Search Login Join Today Products BackProducts Gigs Live Careers Vendor Services Groups Website Testing Store Headlines Experts Exchange > Questions > Registry Key Permissions (Cannot open Windows: error while opening key) Want to Advertise Here? Solved Registry Key Permissions (Cannot open Windows: error while opening key) Posted on 2011-05-18 MS Legacy OS Windows http://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/registry-error-opening-key-cant-delete-it/ XP 1 Verified Solution 5 Comments 1,131 Views Last Modified: 2012-05-11 I just removed several viruses from my customers computer (Windows XP SP3). I am now trying to uninstall AVG 9 so we can install AVG 2011. During the uninstall process, it fails stating it does not have access to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows. When navigating to the key manually, I get the https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27045847/Registry-Key-Permissions-Cannot-open-Windows-error-while-opening-key.html following error. Cannot open Windows: error while opening key) I have tried changing the permissions and owner but get the following error. Unable to set new owner on Windows. Access is denied. Any ideas how i can fix this? 0 Question by:ptsolutionsinc Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google LVL 66 Best Solution byjohnb6767 Might even have to reset the local security on the box. No telling whatever else the infections might have modified..... How do I restore security settings to a known working state? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222 Go to Solution 5 Comments LVL 21 Overall: Level 21 Windows XP 4 MS Legacy OS 1 Message Expert Comment by:mastoo2011-05-18 I presume you're using regedit? What does it show when you right click that key and select permissions? It should list the local admin group with full control and you are hopefully logging in as a member of that group? 0 LVL 66 Overall: Level 66 Windows XP 49 MS Legacy OS 23 Message Expert Comment by:johnb67672011-05-18 In the registry, go to..... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Rt Click>Permissions>Advanced, and make sure that Administrators has Full Control, and select the botom checkbox "Replace all child permissions with inheritable p
help ... got the infamous registry 'Error while opening key' error If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the http://www.sysopt.com/showthread.php?199713-Please-help-got-the-infamous-registry-Error-while-opening-key-error link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from http://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-take-ownership-permission-of-a-registry-key-in-windows/ the selection below. Results 1 to 6 of 6 Thread: Please help ... got the infamous registry 'Error while opening key' error Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… cannot open Subscribe to this Thread… Search Thread Advanced Search Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 01-16-2008,10:49 AM #1 hayseed4 View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date Jan 2007 Posts 7 Please help ... got the infamous registry 'Error while opening key' error Can someone please help ? I'm running XP home with SP2 on a Toshiba an error is laptop, with all updates up to a couple of months ago. I have ZoneAlarm Pro, Avira Antivirus running, and do an Adaware and Spybot check at least twice a week. I consider myself to be VERY Windows savy, but this one has me stumped. I'm getting the following error: 'Cannot open xxxx: Error while opening key.' I'm getting it on all subkeys (IMAIL, MAPI, and MSFS) under the following key: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows|Cur rentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents This condition is keeping me from installing any XP updates or any new Windows software (any install results in 'Error 1402. Could not open key ..." error message). It appears to be a permission problem, but I cannot change the permission of any of the subkeys. I even did a Safe Mode startup and loged on as Administrator and was still unable to change permissions, view them, or delete them I have tried every trick I can find on the web, including: 1. Safe mode/Administrator ... did not work 2. RegDelNull.exe ... thinking they might be nul entries 3. ran RootKitReleaver.exe ... did not show anything 4. all the Microsoft support articles I could
and assign full permission on a particular registry key. Although we provide detailed steps to do this task in all our tutorials, some people find it difficult to take ownership of registry keys. Recently when we received an email from one of our reader asking how to assign a user full permission on a registry key in Windows, we decided to create a dedicated article about it. So today in this article, we'll post a step-by-step guide with screenshots which will teach you how to take ownership and grant full permission and control on a registry key. It'll become useful if you are trying to delete a key in Registry and getting an error such as "Cannot delete key: Error while deleting key". So without wasting time, lets start the tutorial: UPDATE: Also check out new methods to take ownership and grant full permissions on Registry keys from command-line: [Windows Tip] Take Ownership (Permission) of Registry Keys from Command Line 1. Type regedit in RUN or start menu searchbox and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor. 2. Now go to the desired registry key, right-click on it and select "Permissions..." option. 3. It'll open a new dialog box. Click on "Advanced" button. For Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7: Go to "Owner" tab, select your username and click on Apply button. If you also want to take ownership of the sub-key, enable the option "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects". PS: If you want to get permission on all sub-keys, enable following 2 options in "Permissions" tab: Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object If you are not a Windows 8 or later OS user, jump to Step 4. For Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 and later: Click on "Change" button near "TrustedInstaller" as shown in following image: It'll open new dialog box. Now type your username and click on "Check Names" button. It'll automatically convert the username to correct format. Now click on OK button. 4. Now select your username in first dialog box and check the "Allow" checkbox given for "Full Control" option. 5. That's it. Click on Apply and OK buttons and you'll now have full permission on the registry key. Also check: [Guide] How to Take Ownership (Permission) of a File or Folder Manually in Windows? [Guide] How to Restore "TrustedInstaller" as Default Owner of a File, Folder, Registry Key Share this article: Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Reddit | Tell a friend Posted in: