Enabling The Registry Editor

If some malware disables the Registry Editor, use the following steps to restore it.

1. Open Notepad. Click Start>Run, type Notepad, then press Enter.
2. Copy and paste the following:

 on error resume next
 set jzw = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
 jzw.regwrite  "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools",0,"REG_DWORD"
 jzw.regwrite  "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr",0,"REG_DWORD"
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
  "DisableRegistryTools" = dword:00000000

3. Save this file as C:\RESTORE.REG.
4. Click Start>Run, type C:\RESTORE.REG, then press Enter,
5. Click Yes at the prompt of the message box.