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(Also Known as Tor Hidden Services) Subscribe l l FOLLOW US TWITTER GOOGLE+ FACEBOOK GET UPDATES BY EMAIL Enter your email below to get exclusive access to our best articles and tips before everybody else. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Search How-To Geek How to Gain Full Permissions to Edit Protected Registry Keys We talk about a lot of cool things here at How-To Geek that you can do by editing the Windows Registry. Occasionally, though, you will run into a Registry key or value that you don't have permission to edit. When you try, you'll see an error message saying "Cannot edit _____: Error writing the value's new contents." Fortunately, just like in the Windows file system, the Registry provides tools that let you take ownership of and edit permissions for keys. Here's how to do it. RELATED ARTICLESLearning to Use the Registry Editor Like a ProHow to Backup and Restore the Windows Registry Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. So there's a reason some of these Registry keys are protected. Editing a protected key can sometimes mess up Windows or the app the key relates to. We will never point you to any hacks that we haven't tested ourselves, but it still pays to be careful. If you’ve never worked with the Registry before, consider reading about how to use the Registry Editor before you get started. And definitely back up the Registry (and your computer!) before making changes. In Registry Editor, right-click the key that you can't edit (or the key that contains the value you can't edit) and then choose "Permissions" from the context menu. In the Permissions window that appears, click the "Advanced" button. Next, you're going to take ownership of the Registry key. In the "Advanced Security Settings" window, next to the listed Owner, click the "Change" link. In the "Select User or Group" window, in the "Enter the object name to select" box, type the name of your Windows user account (or your email address if you have a Microsoft account) and then click the "Check Names" button to validate the account name. When that's done, click OK to close the "Select User or Group" window and then click OK again to close the "Advanced Security Settings" window. Back at the regular Permissions window, select the Users group and then choose the "Allow" check box next to the "Full Control" permission. If you prefer, you can just give your user account full permissions rather than the Users group. To do that, click the Add button, walk through the steps to add your user a
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; 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 key? up vote 4 down vote favorite I want to change http://www.howtogeek.com/262464/how-to-gain-full-permissions-to-edit-protected-registry-keys/ 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 windows-registry share|improve this question asked Oct 15 '15 at 3:05 Miguel Hernandez 24112 What permissions http://superuser.com/questions/986888/why-cant-i-change-window-10-registry-key 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 get any different error message after setting yourself as an owner? –Insane Oct 15 '15 at 4:19 I did everything you told me, I added myself as owner and I still get
Subscribe to our newsletter Search Home Forum Ask a question Latest questions Windows Mac Linux Internet Video Games Software Hardware Mobile Network Virus Café How To Download Ask a question Windows Software Mac Software Linux Software Android Apps BlackBerry Apps iPhone Apps Windows Phone Apps News Encyclopedia Home How To Operating http://ccm.net/faq/45190-how-to-take-ownership-of-a-registry-key-in-windows-10 Systems Windows How To Take Ownership of a Registry Key in Windows 10 Ask a question October 2016 Sometimes when you try to edit a key in the Registry editor, the operation is interrupted by the Cannot create value: Error writing to the registry or Cannot edit value_name: Error writing the value’s new contents error messages. Such errors occur when the user account you are currently signed in to Windows 10 lacks the necessary privileges to edit the error writing registry keys. They can be remedied by launching the Registry Editor as an Administrator and changing the default access permissions of the registry keys. How To Take Full Control of a Registry Key How To Open the Registry Editor as an Administrator How To Change the Access Permissions of a Registry Key How To Take Full Control of a Registry Key How To Open the Registry Editor as an Administrator Open the Run command, type regedit and press error writing the Ctrl+ Shift + Enter to open the Registry Editor as an Administrator. How To Change the Access Permissions of a Registry Key If the problem still persists even after you've switched to administrator mode, the only solution is to take ownership of the registry key. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the desired key. Right-click on the key and select Permissions from the contextual menu displayed: Click on the Advanced button: Click on the Change button displayed next to Owner to open Select User or Group menu. Type the email address (Microsoft Account) associated with your current user account in the Enter the object name to select field and then click on Check Names: Once the account has be validated, click on OK to change owner and then click on OK again to head back to the Permissions screen. Select the new owner (your current account) from the list and then tick the Allow checkboxes displayed next to Full Control and Read permissions: Click on OK to close the Permissions window and return to the Registry Editor. You may now try to edit or create the desired value. Related : How To Take Ownership of a Registry Key in Windows 10 Take ownership of registry key in windows 10 Take ownership registry windows 10 Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts HOW TO DISABLE FN KEys [Solved] (Solved) My fn key not working [Solved] (Solv