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Tools & Services We Recommend Subscribe Search Return to Content How To Take Full Permissions Control To Edit Protected Registry Keys Austin Krause | February 2, 2011 in How-To The Windows registry is a hassle to edit under normal circumstances, but sometimes you'll encounter error writing the value's new contents keys that are protected by the system. When you try to edit a protected registry key
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you'll run into a few different errors, but they generally tell you that you lack permissions for making changes. But, since it is
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just a permissions issue we can get around this by granting your user account in Windows the correct permissions! Read on to learn how… How do I know the registry key is protected? When trying to create a new
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entry within a protected Key you’ll see the following error: Error Creating Key Cannot create key: You do not have the requisite permissions to create a new key under
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 registry error writing the value's new contents or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User writing a values statement 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 writing personal values statement works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Cannot create value: Error writing to the registry up vote 1 down vote favorite So I get this error when trying http://www.groovypost.com/howto/take-full-permissions-control-edit-protected-registry-keys/ to add a dword or even change a value in a key under hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\services\x1 When I look at the effective permissions, I have full control and I am the owner of the key. If I check the next key under "services," I can edit the values and add values under it. But, for some reason, I can't edit this key for the particular software on a couple of machines. I have tried running as administrator but that doesn't work either. So http://superuser.com/questions/718958/cannot-create-value-error-writing-to-the-registry if I have full control and I'm the owner, is there something else that could be locking this key? The permissions are identical with the next key in hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\services so I'm not sure what I am missing. windows-registry share|improve this question edited Feb 19 '14 at 15:48 asked Feb 19 '14 at 15:33 mirk 16114 Anti-virus packages actively disallow editing of their own and often some system services. Try editing the key in Safe Mode, and/or with AV disabled/uninstalled. –Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Feb 19 '14 at 15:50 Holy crud. That worked. I booted into safe mode and could change the value. Thanks a ton, techie007. –mirk Feb 19 '14 at 16:05 Glad to hear it worked, I'll throw it in as an answer :) –Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Feb 19 '14 at 16:06 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted Some programs (Anti-malware packages for example) actively disallow editing of their own, and often some system, services. Try editing the key while in Safe Mode, and/or with any running Anti-malware disabled/uninstalled. share|improve this answer answered Feb 19 '14 at 16:06 Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 85.2k12118175 add a comment| Your Answer draft saved draft discarded Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Post as a guest Name Email Post as a guest Name Email discard By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy polic
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 http://blog.tjitjing.com/index.php/2007/02/regedit-cannot-create-value-error.html Editor, regedit.exe, I got an error message saying "Cannot create value: Error writing to the registry."I have never seen this on XP (but then again I don't edit the registry that often), but since this is Vista with http://ccm.net/faq/45190-how-to-take-ownership-of-a-registry-key-in-windows-10 UAC (User Account Control) 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 error writing the registry tree.The solution is 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 error writing the it was nowhere to be found. Apparently you 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
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 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 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 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 Co