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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.
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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 regedit windows vista 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, cli
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 got an error message saying "Cannot create value:
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Error writing to the registry."I have never seen this on XP (but then again I don't edit cannot edit error writing the value's new contents windows 7 the registry that often), but since this is Vista with UAC (User Account Control) I thought it might have to do with permissions so I tried to cannot create value error writing to the registry windows 7 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 simply to right click on the folder and select Permissions. You may not even have the right http://www.howtogeek.com/262464/how-to-gain-full-permissions-to-edit-protected-registry-keys/ 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 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 http://blog.tjitjing.com/index.php/2007/02/regedit-cannot-create-value-error.html 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. Anonymous Jan 02, 2008 @ 22:50:00 This was very useful. I appreciate your time writing this up, saved me some headache. Anonymous Aug 20, 2008 @ 12:23:00 This was vey helpful indeed. Thanks to you! Anonymous Jan 07, 2009 @ 05:10:00 This is great. I really appreciate the help prov
to do with the product brands that you own, use, and love. Please feel free to look around, and browse about the forum! Tips and Tricks Forum is the best source of computer and technology troubleshooting advice from a community of experts. Tips and Tricks http://tipsandtricksforum.com/thread-235.html forum> Windows> Tutorials> How to Take Ownership and Grant full Control of a Registry Key in Windows 8.1 Thread Rating: 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average How to Take Ownership and Grant full Control of a Registry Key in Windows 8.1 How to Take Ownership and Grant full Control of a Registry Key in Windows 8.1 11-25-2013 - 07:28 PM 1º blackguy Administrator Posts: 75 Joined: Sep 2013 Reputation: 1 You need to edit a registry key in Windows 8.1 windows xp to try some registry tweaks such as Remove SkyDrive from the Explorer navigation pane or Disable the Windows 8.1 lock screen. However, you always receive the following warning message: “Cannot edit Attributes: Error writing the value’s new contents”. To resolve this problem, you have to take ownership of that registry key then grant access permission to it. This tutorial will step by step show you How to Take Ownership and Grant full Control of a Registry Key in Windows 8.1. Note: you must regedit windows xp be logged on to Windows 8.1 as an administrator in order to perform these steps below. Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your computer. I. Take Ownership 1. Open Registry Editor. 2. Right-click on the registry that you want to take ownership > select Permissions 3. Click on the Advanced button. 4. Click on the Change link. 5. Click on the Advanced button. 6. Click on the Find Now button 7. Select your user then click on the OK button 8. Click on the OK button. 9. If you also want to change the ownership of all subkeys, check the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" box. Now click on the Apply button. II. Grant full Control 1. After you take ownership of that registry key, you will see your user name at the Owner field. Now click on the Add button. 2. Click on Select a principal link 3. Click on the Advanced button 4. Click on the Find Now button 5. Select your user then click on the OK button. 6. Click on the OK button. 7. Check the Full control box then click on the OK button. Make sure that the Type option is selected as "Allow" and the Applies to option should be selected as